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Zaya Wade’s Instagram Comments Have Been Limited For Her “Mental Health And Privacy”
Dwyane mentioned Zaya's "mental health and privacy" in a post explaining why her Instagram comments have been limited.

Zaya Wade’s Instagram Comments Have Been Limited For Her “Mental Health And Privacy”

If you’ve gone on Zaya Wade’s Instagram page lately, you might have noticed that you weren’t able to leave a comment.

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“Social media has been difficult,” he once told Time. “She’s in junior high, and those years are so critical and can be brutal. But for a lot of LGBTQ+ kids, it’s their only lifeline to their community. We’re trying to figure out that balance of not taking away her community but also protecting her from being inundated with negativity and ignorance.”

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Outside of social media, though, he said that things are a lot different. “We were both surprised, and encouraged, by how many people in our lives changed their traditional views on gender and identity,” Dwyane went on. “When we were clear with our loved ones that, in the same way we’re not going to be friends with people who assault their children or use racist language, we were not going to accept any discrimination or abuse toward the LGBTQ+ community, it really wasn’t that difficult for them. We didn’t lose anybody. We gained a lot more educated, curious people who started their own inner dialogue.”

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Hopefully, there can be more of that now in Zaya’s comment section too.