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"Sorry, this video isn&#039;t available any more.\nGabrielle Union and husband Dwyane Wade have continued to show their love for daughter Zaya following her coming out as transgender – this time at a church choir performance.\nTaking to Instagram, Dwyane shared footage of Zaya among a choir as they performed a hymn together – while later on, she could be seen dancing on stage.\n‘J.O.Y. ~ a feeling of great pleasure and happiness!’ he wrote. ‘That’s what watching Zaya sing and dance last night felt like for our family.’\nFans appeared to be quite overwhelmed by the moment, with one writing: ‘Greatest dad award goes to you!’\n‘Zaya!! Sing your heart out!! Your family is amazing,’ another added.\n‘I LOVE IT, sing your heart out baby!’ one commented.\nDwyane later shared a snap of his daughter proudly holding a bouquet of roses, as he simply wrote: ‘Enough said’, alongside a heart-eyed emoji.\nThe former basketball player previously opened up about Zaya’s transition,&nbsp;revealing that he was ‘proud’ of her.\nDwyane is a proud father (Picture: Instagram)\nIn an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, he said: ‘First of all, me and my wife Gabrielle, we are proud parents of a child in the LGBTQ+ community and we are proud allies as well.\n‘Once Zaya, our 12-year-old came home… first, Zion. I don’t know if everyone knows, originally named Zion. Zion, born as a boy, came home and said, “Hey, so I want to talk to you guys. I think going forward, I’m ready to live my truth. And I wanted to be referenced as she and her. I’d love for you guys to call me Zaya.”’\nHe continued: ‘Once Zion came home and “call me Zaya” and was ready to take on this, I looked at her and said, “You are a leader. It’s our opportunity to allow you to be a voice.” Right now it’s through us, because she’s 12 years old, but eventually it will be through her.’\nDwyane said that he and Gabrielle take their ‘responsibilities’ as parents ‘very seriously’ (Picture: Instagram)\nHe later went on to explain how he and Gabrielle take their ‘responsibilities’ as parents ‘very seriously’.\nThe ex Miami heat player also revealed that he approached the cast of Pose for support, and they also helped with pronouns.\n‘The lesson that my wife and I learned, first of all we&nbsp; got information,’ he said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.\n‘We didn’t have a lot of information and we reached out about pronouns. Something as simple as pronouns, we wanted to make sure that we didn’t get it wrong.\n\n‘So we reached out about the pronouns and making sure that we said the right things to our daughter. We are learning in this process as well.’\nAs well as Zaya, Dwayne is also a father to two other children from a former relationship, and a daughter, whom he shares with wife Gabrielle.\nGot A Story?\nIf you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the&nbsp;Metro.co.uk&nbsp;entertainment team by emailing us&nbsp;celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.\n\t\n\t\n\tMORE : How many episodes does Liar season 2 have and is the first season on ITV Hub?\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\tMORE : Rylan Clark-Neal reveals he ‘won’t eat fish’ after falling into seafood counter during childhood"
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