Magic Johnson on learng to accept his gay son: 'He changed me'

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• MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
• MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON
• NBA STARS DWYANE WA AND MAGIC JOHNSON CELEBRATE THEIR GAY SONS
• DWYANE WA GIV POWERFUL SPEECH ON PARENTG GAY SON
• NBA LEGEND’S GAY SON REVEALS HE WAS RAPED TWICE, ONCE BY MAN HE MET ON GRDR: VIDEO
• HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
• A GAY NBA FAN FOUND 78 HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS BY 40 PLAYERS ON 23 TEAMS
• MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS HE SUPPORTS GAY SON EJ 'A LN PERCENT': 'THIS IS REALLY WONRFUL FOR HIM'
• NBA YOUNGBOY NFIRMED BEG GAY
• THE NBA HAS AN OPENLY GAY PLAYER: WHAT CHANG?

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

“Very European, ” says EJ Johnson, the son of Magic Johnson, as he rells when he me out as gay to his father. And when his son EJ me out publicly as gay more than 20 years later, the Johnson fay add another meangul layer of visibily to their public EJ’s journey to fdg acceptance wh his fay wasn’t easy.

News alum said a jot terview wh his father for Variety, ahead of the April 22 release of They Call Me Magic, an Apple TV Pl doceri about the former NBA player’s life and, who voic the character Michael Colls on The Proud Fay: Lour and Prour reboot, said that he had e out as gay to his iends before openg up to his parents. The world woke up Monday to the news that future NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wa is plete support for his son who has announced at 11 years old that he is gay.

MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON

This is a stark ntrast om yteryear when Black male figur would shun or even monize their gay children. Earv “Magic” Johnson, 59, may be an NBA legend and bs mogul, but he’s also been a lovg and supportive dad to his openly gay son EJ, now 26. Magic Johnson shared his experience of learng that his son, Earv “EJ” Johnson, was gay wh Ellen DeGener on her eponymo show.

Matt Barn asked Dwyane Wa straight-up what 's like raisg a gay son g om a hyper-mascule NBA background... "And, I had to look myself the mirror and say, 'What if your son e home and tell you he's gay? You might rell Rosevelt Colv is a lebacker and a two-time Super Bowl champn for the XXXVIII and XXXIX gam, but did you know his son Xavier is openly gay?

NBA STARS DWYANE WA AND MAGIC JOHNSON CELEBRATE THEIR GAY SONS

He and his gay DJ son, Joshua, have posed for the NOH8 mpaign and showed their support towards same-sex marriage and equaly for all. There has been a lot of talk about gay baseball prospect David Denson, but did you know he's not the only athlete his fay?

DWYANE WA GIV POWERFUL SPEECH ON PARENTG GAY SON

In 2015, David beme the first active mor league player to publicly e out as gay. Wae has built up a followg of dited fans and has bee a highly rpected public figure the world of dance spe of his sexual orientatn (gay).

NBA LEGEND’S GAY SON REVEALS HE WAS RAPED TWICE, ONCE BY MAN HE MET ON GRDR: VIDEO

In addn, he publicly me out as gay 2012 and mentned the talyst behd his cisn was the suici ath of three gay iends. And then a uple of days later he said, let's go to Boys Town, ” the gayborhood Chigo, “for a drk. RELATED: Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas's Gay Son is DJ for the NBA All-Star Game.

[lghs]Did any of the iends you were worried about turn out to be gay themselv?

HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL

I had a manager who told me I uld never be a big DJ and be openly gay. At one of party queen Sanne Bartsch's many bash, Bartsch blurted to a microphone: "I learned everythg om a book lled The Joy of Gay Sex. " I heard not a peep of argument om anyone for joy of gay sgg filled the room whenJoey Arias, Raven O, andSherry Ve performed the annual rnn of talent om the oteric '90s baret Bar d'O, which always managed to be rnchy and elevated at the same time.

" But Hoffman was around people who adore the stuff when she was recently booked to perform a gay European cise, where she had to avert her ey om the multifar sexpas on every ck. They mt have thought she was Kathy Del R & Michael Mto at the GLAM Awards (Photo urty of HeyMrJason/Jason Rso)WE LIVE FOR THE APPLAUSE, 'PLAUSEAnd now, please don your sperm goggl, grab your Dramame, and get on board for a three-hour gay awards cise to hog heaven. When John Amaechi me out publicly 2007, he was ahead of his time, sharg that he’s gay and a former profsnal basketball player.

A GAY NBA FAN FOUND 78 HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS BY 40 PLAYERS ON 23 TEAMS

Sce Colls showed the world you uld be a gay man profsnal basketball, there has been a trickle of gay athlet to follow, most recently former NBA player and current Atralian pro basketball player Isaac Humphri. Here are the gay men who have blazed a trail on basketball urts around the world. There has been long-held speculatn that people the black muny are on average more homophobic than other mographics.

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

TJ Graham, Wi receiver, New York JetsGraham talked about his acceptance not jt of potential gay teammat, but of gay iends and s. Ahman Green, Runng back, Green Bay PackersGreen had never talked publicly about havg a lbian sister and a gay brother until he chatted wh me at an NFLPA event 2012.

NBA YOUNGBOY NFIRMED BEG GAY

DeAndre Hopks, Wi receiver, Hoton TexansHopks talked about his lbian sister wh Outsports a uple years ago, revealg one of his bt iends was the ex-boyiend of Calv Kle and that he would wele a gay teammate.

Michael Irv, Hall of Fame wi receiver, Dallas CowboysWhen Irv graced the ver of Out magaze 2011, he did so to show support for the gay muny and to talk for the first time about his love for his late gay brother, Vghn. Jevon Kearse, fensive end, Tennsee Tans & Philalphia Eagl"The Freak, " as he was known, shared his love of his gay for the first time on the same day Green talked about his siblgs. Karl Malone, forward, Utah JazzMalone talked supportively about his gay brother--law when Jason Colls me out.

THE NBA HAS AN OPENLY GAY PLAYER: WHAT CHANG?

Isiah Thomas, Hall of Fame guard, Detro PistonsThomas appeared a NOH8 mpaign photo wh his gay son, Zeke, who was the official DJ of the 2014 NBA All-Star game. The ments are among 78 tweets om 36 current and active NBA players on teams that are homophobic language, nature or even tent (four other players were on a roster when the list was piled last month, but they are no longer on an NBA team). The players clu CJ McCollum, the print of the Natnal Basketball Players Assn., who tweeted “no homo, ” as well as superstar Kev Durant, who tweeted “shut up fag boy.

“I don’t re how long ago was, shows the person’s character, my opn, ” said Derrick Gordon, who me out publicly as gay while playg basketball at UMass and who now plays profsnally Germany. When “Chris, ” a young NBA fan who is gay, saw the tweets, they sadned and angered him. “It was shockg but not surprisg, ” Chris said of the number of homophobic tweets he found.