5 Gay Athlet Who Are Out And Proud | IN Magaze

Contents:

• 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'
• MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
• 5 GAY ATHLET WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

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

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. "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.

Earv “EJ” Johnson, the son of basketball superstar Magic Johnson, is talkg about what was like to e out as gay to his famo father back , who starred on the E! 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.

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

“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. Derrick Gordon, the first openly gay player Divisn 1 llege basketball acced the NBA of not givg him a fair shot to try out bee of his sexualy. “Hontly, the NBA is not ready for an openly gay player right now, ” he said.

They are showg young, gay athlet that they n be hont and open about who they are and also succeed the sport of their choice. Here are a few gay athlet who have ma a difference sports simply by g out and beg proud to be themselv. Jason Colls NBA player Jason Colls was drafted by the Hoton Rockets 2001 and played twelve seasons before g out as gay a Sports Illtrated ver story.

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

He said that he chose to wear the jersey number “98” honour of Matthew Shepard who was killed an antigay hate crime 1998. When Colls played his last season the NBA wh the Brooklyn Nets he bee the first publicly gay athlete to play any of the four major North Amerin pro team sports leagu. Many people believe pro sports to be one of the last areas where homophobia was still proment but Colls g out was a step the right directn for acceptance of gay pro athlet everywhere.

5 GAY ATHLET WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

He also hted that he might be more bisexual than gay, but he don’t feel the need to put a label on . In 2013, Rogers announced his retirement at the age of 25 and also me out as gay a post on his personal blog.

“I’m a soccer player, I’m Christian, and I’m gay. Later that year, Rogers me out of retirement and signed wh the Los Angel Galaxy and 2014 he beme the first openly gay male to w a major team pro sports tle the U. In 2012, he beme the first profsnally active boxer to e out as gay sayg, ”I want to try to be the bt role mol I n be for kids who might look to boxg as a sport and a profsnal reer.

I have always been and always will be a proud gay man”. In 2013, Cz was one of the first ducte to the brand new Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame. Louis Rams the 2014 NFL draft, Michael Sam beme the first publicly gay player to ever be drafted to the NFL.