Zaya's parents limited comments on her most recent posts, due to hateful and transphobic comments on her Tiffany & Co. shoot. I admire how they ride for her and protect her. It's hard to overstate what a big deal it is to have such a prominent and public Black family openly loving and supporting their trans child.
"Will we fight for SOME, or will we fight for ALL of our people?!" [...] "Black trans people are being targeted, terrorized and hunted in THIS country, everyday, everywhere, and there's rarely a whisper about it." - Gabrielle Union
I love them so much and Gabrielle is such a fucking force! Dwayne gave a very loving speech to his daughter, and then Gabrielle, always full of righteous fury, was like, "Okay, let's be real".
This is Dwyane Wade’s and Gabrielle Union’s acceptance speech for the President’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards last night. It literally brought tears to my eyes. We as a community need to do more to protect black trans people 🏳️⚧️