Magic Johnson says he supports gay son EJ 'a ln percent': 'This is really wonrful for him'

Contents:

• MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON
• MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS HE SUPPORTS GAY SON EJ 'A LN PERCENT': 'THIS IS REALLY WONRFUL FOR HIM'
• MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'
• GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER OMTED FROM TEAM’S YEARBOOK PAGE
• MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
• "JT A HAPPILY FLAMBOYANT GAY MAN" - FANS SUPPORT MAGIC JOHNSON'S SON EJ AS PREGAME VIO GO VIRAL
• AFTER BEG OUTED, THIS FORMER LLEGE BASKETBALL PTA FOUND SOLACE BOSTON’S GAY BASKETBALL LEAGUE
• DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME
• ISIAH THOMAS' GAY SON, ZEKE, IS OFFICIAL DJ FOR THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME

MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON

Magic Johnson’s offered nothg but love and support when he was first publicly asked about his gay son.

EJ says his parents were the last people to know he was gay. At that pot, the vis was still monly viewed as a gay problem. “Along the way Magic enuntered the same sort of prejudice and discrimatn that many gay men had to al wh, but not once do I rell Magic nouncg the gay muny orr to ‘clear his name, ’” wrote gay Los Angel sportswrer LZ Granrson 2008.

Sports legend and AIDS activist Magic Johnson is beg herald by many for supportg his 20-year-old son, EJ, who is openly inic basketball star, 53, gave a lengthy terview to tailg the nversatn he had wh his son at "a young age" about beg gay and the stggl EJ has faced sce. "We've known for a long time that my son EJ was gay, " Johnson explaed.

MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS HE SUPPORTS GAY SON EJ 'A LN PERCENT': 'THIS IS REALLY WONRFUL FOR HIM'

"Johnson, a longtime ally of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny, explaed that his son's experience remd him of the plight of several young men he's enuntered through his "Magic" Johnson wh his son EJ (left); his wife, Cookie Johnson; and their dghter Elisa Johnson. Magic Johnson, a longtime ally of the gay muny, said he is not ncerned how others might view his son.

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While EJ, who is also the son of Magic’s wife Cookie Johnson, said he was out to all of his iends, but that his parents were “the last people” he spoke to about Johnson, the son of basketball legend Magic Johnson, spoke about what was like g out as gay to his father. "The former NBA player, who beme an activist for HIV/AIDS rearch after he publicly announced his HIV posive stat 1991, spoke to The New York Tim  2020 about how he ially thought might be hard for EJ given the stigma around gay men and HIV. (Photo: Dalton Maldonado/Facebook)A gay llege-bound athlete who experienced fierce harassment after g out durg his senr year of high school has spoken out this week about a fal blow: havg his basketball-team portra left out of the yearbook.

MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'

”STORY: Parents’ Perfect Rponse to Anti-Gay Graffi on Their GarageThough photos of Maldonado might ed appear elsewhere the Betsy Layne High School yearbook (which me out June, but which the young man spoke out about this week on Facebook and Outsports), the omissn om his team’s double-page spread stung the senr pot guard pecially hard. “When Maldonado ntacted Outsports to share his story we were a b skeptil, ” noted Zeigler his April story, which he reunts the young man and his teammat havg their b chased down and pelted wh homophobic slurs. ”Though the teen says he’s found support through his teammat, iends and two olr sisters — as well as other young gay athlet he’s nnected wh through Outsports and the recent Nike LGBT Sports Summ — he’s lacked support om the rt of his fay.

GAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER OMTED FROM TEAM’S YEARBOOK PAGE

“My parents are not supportive of me beg gay, ” he says of his relig mom and dad, “but they’re supportive of me. Zeigler wants other young gay athlet to know that there are other kids like them wag to nnect and that they should “jt reach out, ” he says. “Very European, ” says EJ Johnson, the son of Magic Johnson, as he rells when he me out as gay to his father.

I’m gay, but I didn’t want to tell my parents.

Jt a happily flamboyant gay man. Magic Johnson had a tough time acceptg EJ Johnson, who me out as gay 2013 when he was 17.

MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'

Dwyane Wa has spoken ndidly about the genr journey of his son Zn, 12, who ma the cisn to intify as female and now go by the name Dogg claims he "didn’t threaten" Gayle Kg while fendg Kobe Bryant durg angry rantThe basketball star, 38, opened up durg an terview wh Ellen DeGener about parentg Zaya, who he shar wh his ex-wife Shvghn explaed that he and his wife Gabrielle Unn, 47, are "proud alli" of the LGBTQ+ muny and tailed how the uple are tg themselv on the suatn. Allen’s fay the Boston Gay Basketball League, one of multiple LGBTQ-clive sports leagu the Boston area, is a big reason why. Allen dove to Boston’s gay nightlife scene.

Allen knew he was gay sce his sophomore year of high school, and for the first time, was explorg those feelgs.

But enterg his sophomore year of llege, thgs were still plited.

"JT A HAPPILY FLAMBOYANT GAY MAN" - FANS SUPPORT MAGIC JOHNSON'S SON EJ AS PREGAME VIO GO VIRAL

Allen found himself livg a double life Boston: straight on mp, and gay off of . I uldn’t be gay.

AFTER BEG OUTED, THIS FORMER LLEGE BASKETBALL PTA FOUND SOLACE BOSTON’S GAY BASKETBALL LEAGUE

I didn’t want to lose the team by tellg them I was gay. As a post-grad, he joed the Boston Gay Basketball League, meetg sporty gay peers who span generatns and spectms.

“Quadry embodi the te missn of the Boston Gay Basketball League a learship posn as Director of Sponsorship, while also promotg sportsmanship and mararie on and off the urts, ” Qucy said.

DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME

Fortunately, the gay bond n whstand quarante.

ISIAH THOMAS' GAY SON, ZEKE, IS OFFICIAL DJ FOR THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME

“They ma me feel like I was home and ma me feel like gay people n still play sports.

In one msage, Howard explas that he’s not gay, he’s “j alil nasty sometim.