• Gabrielle Union has learned that her children are “worth fighting for.”
• She said she now knows that “unfamiliar” territory is no excuse to turn a blind eye.
• She told ExtraTV: “That your kids are worth fighting for.”

After the former NBA star said last month that he was “proud to be chosen” as the parent of a transgender child, Gabrielle said she now knows that “unfamiliar” territory is no excuse to turn a blind eye.

Gabrielle is raising Zaire, 20, and Zaya, 15, who was born male as Zion but is now living as a woman, from his former marriage to Siohvaughn Funches.

Asked what she “learned” by her husband’s speech. she told ExtraTV: “That your kids are worth fighting for. Your children are not disposable and even when faced with something that you might not be as familiar with or comfortable with [it is] not an excuse to throw your kids away.”

The ‘Bring It On’ actor continued by saying that becoming a mother in general has inspired her to “fight” for equality for kids everywhere, adding that playing the unsupportive mother of a gay Marine in ‘The Inspection’ has been a “emotional rollercoaster” in her most recent part.

She added: “If I thought I was fighting before I wish I had, you know, all the tentacles of an octopus so I could be knocking people out left and right with every chance I get. It makes you want to fight. It makes you want to dig in and not only fight for your kids but for everybody’s kids.

“[That role] really forced me to tap into some of the darker parts of my psyche and make peace with the fact that maybe I have not handled everything ideally and smoothly.” She added, “It’s kind of a testament to how you move through it and the hope of moving through it and coming out the other end a happier more loving more evolved person.”

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