Dwayne Wade is always supportive of his 15-year-old “daughter” Zaya and continues to go along with his minor’s wishes. The Retired Basket Ball Player and father of four, filed court papers. He Petitioned for his “daughter” to be able change her name officially. Dwyane is petitioning for his daughter to be allowed to permanently change “her” name. The name change will go from Zion Malachi Airamis Wade, to Zaya Malachi Airamis Wade. In addition, A blogger reports that in the filing, Dwyane also requested that the court legally issues a decree that recognizes that the minors’ gender is changed to “female.” It cites that the reason for the change is “to conform with gender identity.”The petition filed in L. A. Superior Court states that

he has full authority to make decisions on his “daughter’s” behalf. He has notified his former wife and Zaya’s mother, Siohvaughn Funches, of the legal action. Zaya has been very transparent about how “she”identifies. News reports says that during an appearance on ‘The Ellen Show’ a few years ago, Dwyane shared that Zaya had began to use she/her pronouns. At that time Zaya was 12 years old. “She” had come home and told the family that “she” wanted to have a conversation with them. “She” asked them to call her Zaya instead of Zion. “We’re just trying to figure out as much information as we can to make sure that we give our child the best opportunity to be her best self,” Dwyane told Ellen.