Marlon Wayans speaks as father of a transgender child
Back in November 2023, Marlon Wayans sparked controversy online when he shared for the first time that his child Kai was transgender and used they/them pronouns in an episode of his TV show. The Breakfast Club.
During this episode, Marlon opened up for the first time about his relationship with Kai, saying that their transformation “helped them change as parents, from ignorance and denial to complete, unconditional love and acceptance.”
Despite mixed reactions from fans, Marlon continued to ruffle the feathers of bigots when he paid tribute to Kai in a now-deleted Instagram post when he did a colorful photo shoot for Pride Month 2024.
On January 2nd, Marlon reinforced his unconditional love for transgender children by giving props to other celebrity parents of transgender children.
In recent episodes, us in miami On the podcast, Marlon was asked if he thought he could be an advocate for parents of transgender children, to which he replied, “It’s a natural instinct as a father to want to protect.” [his] child. “
“People can judge and say what they want, but at the end of the day, it’s my child and I’m going to love my baby no matter what anyone says. And they should have anonymity and be allowed to enjoy their lives the way they want to enjoy them,” he said.
of he He added: “You can’t turn someone out of being gay. You can’t hypnotize someone into not being transgender. You just have to accept them and love them.”
When the host asked Marlon what he thought about Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union’s parents, Zaya Wadehe praised the couple and indicated that they were “evolving” as parents. “Once you go through the process… everyone can try to judge, but until you’re the parent of a transgender child… take a seat. You don’t know what you’re talking about. You don’t understand what we’re going through. It’s not going to be instant acceptance, but I’m going to make a call.” [Dwyane and Gabrielle] You evolved because that’s what you’re supposed to do. ”
“You have to align yourself with your kids because ultimately you want them to be happy,” he said. “And I try to make them happy and comfortable because I want them to have a nice, happy life. I’m proud of the way they’re showing up for their kids, but I’m even more proud of the way they’re showing up as role models for Black people.”
“Because in our culture, we look for reasons to separate us. Black families matter and whatever you have to do to keep a beautiful black queer family together, that’s what you do,” Marlon concluded. “We need more heroes like that, we need more examples like that.”
