Dwyane Wade moved away from Florida because family no longer ‘comfortable there’
Jenny Goldsberry
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Former Miami Heat point guard Dwyane Wade admitted in a recent interview that he’s moved out of Florida.
Wade confessed in an interview with Showtime Headliners’s Rachel Nichols that his family “would not be accepted” in the state anymore. The point guard played 15 seasons with the Miami Heat and now has two children, one being a 15-year-old transgender girl, Zaya. Nichols asked Wade what he had to say to the Florida lawmakers who pursue legislation such as its anti-lewd law and its parental rights law prohibiting teachers from discussing sexual orientations with young children.
“That’s another reason why I don’t live in that state. A lot of people don’t know that,” Wade told Nichols. “I have to make decisions for my family, not just personal, individual decisions.”
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“I mean, obviously, the taxes is great. Having Wade County is great,” Wade said, referring to a county in Florida named after him in 2010. “But my family would not be accepted or feel comfortable there.” His interview in full will be televised Thursday evening.
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 3. He even filed a petition to change Zaya’s name and gender on the birth certificate despite protest from Zaya’s biological mother Siohvaughn Funches-Wade.
Currently, the Florida Senate has a bill in the works making it a felony to provide “sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures” to minors. The bill has already passed the House.
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Meanwhile, more people are moving to Florida than ever before, with the state reporting the most migration in the nation in 2022. Its population increased by 1.9%, making it the top state for the first time since 1957, according to the National Association of Realtors.