Sports legend and AIDS activist Magic Johnson is beg herald by many for supportg his 20-year-old son, EJ, who is openly gay. The 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.
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- MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
- 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 ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON EJ: ‘HE CHANGED ME’
- MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'
- DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME
- FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL
- JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
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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.
MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON
Magic Johnson and his son EJ discs how the fay handled when EJ me out as gay 2010. * basketball player gay son *
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS HE SUPPORTS GAY SON EJ 'A LN PERCENT': 'THIS IS REALLY WONRFUL FOR HIM'
EJ Johnson, the son of basketball legend Magic Johnson, spoke about what was like g out as gay to his father. * basketball player gay son *
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 ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON EJ: ‘HE CHANGED ME’
"I had to look myself the mirror and say, 'What if your son home and tells you he's gay?'" * basketball player gay son *
Magic Johnson, a longtime ally of the gay muny, said he is not ncerned how others might view his son. “Very European, ” says EJ Johnson, the son of Magic Johnson, as he rells when he me out as gay to his father.
“I had to look myself the mirror and say, ‘What if your son home and tells you he’s gay? 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.
MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'
NBA center Jason Colls on Monday announced that he's gay a story for Sports Illtrated, beg the first active player one of the four major Amerin profsnal team sports to announce that he is gay. * basketball player gay son *
"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. "I had to look myself the mirror and say, 'What if your son home and tells you he's gay?
DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME
“I had to look myself the mirror and say, ‘What if your son e home and tell you he’s gay? Ultimately, Wa is mted to not only lovg his youngt son unndnally but speakg out agast homophobic ments aimed agast him.
FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL
In one msage, Howard explas that he’s not gay, he’s “j alil nasty sometim.
Harper and Howard, who has never intified as gay or bisexual, met on social media and arranged to have sex.
Now I want you to know I’m not gay or anythg. In an terview wh Variety on Thursday, Dwyane Wa spoke about supportg his 11-year-old son Zn's cisn to march a gay pri para this past retired basketball player, 37, said was his "job as a father" to support his INSIDER's homepage for more stori. Basketball star Dwyane Wa has rpond to backlash he faced for supportg his son's cisn to march a gay pri 's youngt son Zn, 11, marched the Miami Beach Pri para April wh his step-mom Gabrielle Unn.
JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
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He publicly shared he is gay a vio published Wednday morng Atralian time, and he jos former NBA player Jason Colls -- who announced his sexualy 2013 -- as the only players a top-tier basketball league to announce they are gay the midst of their playg reer.
And the ma reason behd me beg so low and beg that pot is bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I'm gay. Colls announced he is gay April 2013, shortly after the NBA season end, and he beme the first openly gay player to appear a top-tier basketball league Febary 2014 as a member of the Nets. “I had to look myself the mirror and say: ‘What if your son home and tells you he’s gay?