Dwyane Wade and his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches-Wade are in opposition to their child, known as Zaya, transitioning to a transgender woman at the age of 15.
Wade filed a petition to legally change Zaya's name and gender on the birth certificate, to which Funches-Wade responded with an objection. The couple settled custody over their child in March 2011, and since the petition comes while the child is still a minor, parents are required to give permission.
Funches-Wade claimed that her former husband and NBA player “is positioned to profit from the minor child’s name and gender change with various companies through contacts and marketing opportunities including but not limited to deals with Disney.” She makes her claim based on a conversation she had with Wade in April 2022, where he allegedly assured her the news of their child's transition had made them money and would continue to do so.
Instead, the biological mother is asking that her child wait until the age of 18, when parental permission is not needed, to officially make these changes. That way the child is not influenced by what Funches-Wade alleges could be scrutiny or pressure from the media or her father. Wade has supported his child's transition from the beginning, when Zaya was 12 years old, but noted that the identifying markers were present when his child was as young as three years old."Just being a father, just seeing our child grow up every day.
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