Gabriel Union reveals that her trans stepdaughter Jaya struggled to ‘get out’ after her photos were ‘cut off’ before coming out
In February he helped his stepmother Jaya come out as transgender.
Taraji b. Gabriel Union is now open about the struggles of the thirteen-year-old face before coming out during a appearance on Henson’s Facebook Watch show Peace of Mind.
The 48-year-old actress revealed that before social media, when social media users began to speculate about her gender, she felt ‘out’.
Hard times: 48-year-old Gabriel Union, Taraji b. On Henson’s Facebook Watch, Peace of Mind, he left when his adopted daughter, Jaya, came out and guessed about his gender identity before coming out.
‘Chaya’s silence is undeniable,’ Gabriel asserted.
‘As Jaya added more language she was able to tell about her identity. She was able to tell us about her sex. She was able to say “I trance”. ‘
Union’s stepmother, whom she shares with her husband Dwayne Wade, admitted that she came out several times, against choice and against her will.
“I’ve been out a few times, I came out to my teacher in third grade, and then when you posted a picture of me in Chicago at my birthday party,” Union explained.
Standing up for him: ‘Jaya’s peace is not negotiable,’ Gabrielle asserted about her stepmother, whom she shares with her husband, Dwayne Wade.
Long process: Union’s stepmother, she shares with her husband Dwayne Wade, who admitted that she came out many times against her will and against her will.
‘It’s Jaya standing next to her cake,’ she continued.
‘The film was split into some black blogs, more comments Jaya who, why …
“He said,‘ I felt like I was out, I was standing next to my cake, ’” Union recalled.
More: Jaya was upset after people guessed she was trans from a photo of her standing next to her birthday cake
Many more to come: Union admits she and Wade still have more to learn. ‘We know only what we know, and we must be open to embracing what we do not know,’ he said; Seen with Wade and Jaya in March
Despite the Pring It On star claiming to support young people for Jaya and other transgender people, she admitted that she is still learning about gender identity and parenting.
“We only know what we know, and we must be open to embracing what we do not know,” he said.
Elsewhere in the interview, he struck a proud note when it was revealed that Jaya had started cheerleading.
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In addition to Jaya, he shares his two-year-old daughter, Gavia, with Wade, and he is the stepmother to his children, Xavier Zachariah, 7, and Jair, 18.
Mixed family: In addition to Chaya, he shares his two-year-old daughter, Gavia, with Wade, and his children, Xavier Zachariah, 7, and Zaire, 18; Appeared in April 2019 with Wade’s son-in-law Dahvian Morris (2nd L)