Sade’s son penned a heartfelt message thanking his mother for supporting his gender affirmation journey.

On Wednesday, Izaak Theo Adu big upped his mother on Instagram, where he documents his transition. The post features a picture of Adu with his arm around a smiling Sade.

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It’s been a long hard road but We did it!! We are coming home!!!! Thank you for staying by my side these past 6 months Mumma. Thank you for fighting with me to complete the man I am. Thank you for your encouragement when things are hard, for the love you give me. The purest heart. I love you so much. Queen of queens ♥️ #mumma #lioness #queen #iloveyou

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“It’s been a long hard road but We did it!! We are coming home!!!!” he wrote.

“Thank you for staying by my side these past 6 months Mumma. Thank you for fighting with me to complete the man I am. Thank you for your encouragement when things are hard, for the love you give me. The purest heart. I love you so much. Queen of queens.”

Adu famously came out as a transgender man in 2016. Since then, he has undergone hormone therapy, breast removal surgery and phalloplasty. Following his bottom surgery, Adu admitted his journey has been a long one.

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This process is trying, tiring, painful, emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting, uncomfortable (like I can’t sleep like a normal human being rn lol) I often ask myself “why the fuck do I have to endure this to be who I am” but at the end of the day this is the path that was laid out for me and I’ll walk it to the end. My dad always says “keep your eyes on the horizon” and that’s what I do, because through all this pain is the comfort that it’s not forever and I have the rest of my life ahead of me and I am so, SO DAMN EXCITED, I just have to remind myself to be patient sometimes as I’m sure we all do. Big up to my Mumma, Pappa, family and friends for all the support you give me on the daily, it’ll never be forgotten ☺️ ???????? #ftm #trans #transgender #transman #tpoc #tmoc #selfmademan #phalloplasty #thisiswhattranslookslike #yaaaaas

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“This process is trying, tiring, painful, emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting, uncomfortable (like I can’t sleep like a normal human being rn lol),” he wrote. “I often ask myself ‘why the fuck do I have to endure this to be who I am’ but at the end of the day this is the path that was laid out for me and I’ll walk it to the end.”

He ended the post on a positive note by quoting his father producer, Bob Morgan, and thanking his parents for their encouragement.

“My dad always says ‘keep your eyes on the horizon’ and that’s what I do, because through all this pain is the comfort that it’s not forever and I have the rest of my life ahead of me and I am so, SO DAMN EXCITED,” Adu continued.

“I just have to remind myself to be patient sometimes as I’m sure we all do," he added. "Big up to my Mumma, Pappa, family and friends for all the support you give me on the daily, it’ll never be forgotten.”

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