NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth
by Glenn Gamboa
May 23, 2024
4 minutes
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NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade was back in South Florida on Thursday to do battle again.
He spent more than 14 seasons as a guard for the Miami Heat, winning three championships, having Miami-Dade County nicknamed “Wade County,” and he still leads the franchise in everything from points and rebounds to personal fouls. But the fight he outlined Thursday at The Elevate Prize Foundation’s Make Good Famous Summit, after receiving the nonprofit’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, may be the most personal of all.
“We've done so many great things here so it wasn't easy to leave,”
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