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Contents:

• MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
• IS MAGIC JOHNSON GAY? THE STUPID LI HE TOLD ABOUT HIS S*XUALY EXPOSED
• WHEN ISIAH THOMAS QUTNG MAGIC JOHNSON'S SEXUALY VASTATED HIM: “I KEEP HEARG MAGIC IS GAY"
• MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON EJ: ‘HE CHANGED ME’
• MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON
• MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SON
• MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON
• MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SON: ‘I’M BEHD HIM ONE MILLN PERCENT’
• MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'
• "JT A HAPPILY FLAMBOYANT GAY MAN" - FANS SUPPORT MAGIC JOHNSON'S SON EJ AS PREGAME VIO GO VIRAL
• MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS SON G OUT AS GAY

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

It wasn't until his sophomore year of high school that he beme magil. In terms of public opn cir 1991, Magic Johnson's HIV announcement meant only one thg; Magic was gay. HIV/AIDS was still thought of as a so-lled "gay disease" (per Avert), spe the existence of high-profile s that didn't volve homosexualy, like like the Ryan Whe story.

He nied any homosexual enunters. When the two faced off the 1989 NBA fals, they famoly kissed prr to tip-off, which possibly fueled the mors years later that Johnson was secretly gay. The mor was that was Thomas who then told anyone that asked about his good iend Magic that he was ed gay or at least bisexual — and regardls of if Isiah did spread those or not, there were repercsns.

IS MAGIC JOHNSON GAY? THE STUPID LI HE TOLD ABOUT HIS S*XUALY EXPOSED

“Very European, ” says EJ Johnson, the son of Magic Johnson, as he rells when he me out as gay to his father.

WHEN ISIAH THOMAS QUTNG MAGIC JOHNSON'S SEXUALY VASTATED HIM: “I KEEP HEARG MAGIC IS GAY"

I’m gay, but I didn’t want to tell my parents. A few years after that, Magic acced Isiah Thomas, a player wh the Detro Pistons, of spreadg mors about Magic beg gay or bisexual.

At the time, AIDS was known as ‘the gay disease’ bee of the toll took on the gay muny.

Many people thought Johnson was gay bee he ntracted the disease.

MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON EJ: ‘HE CHANGED ME’

A lot of people started to wonr if Johnson was gay bee up to this pot had only been queer celebri who had been diagnosed wh the disease.

Not only did the HIV diagnosis e many to speculate that Magic Johnson was gay, but also had a huge impact on his reer the NBA. So, is Magic Johnson gay? He is que the name the sports Magic Johnson Gay?

MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON

However, that didn’t stop the mors of Magic Johnson beg gay. Well, that led to the speculatn about Magic beg gay or bisexual. It was believed that HIV n be only transmted by gays.

And of urse, Magic Johnson is not gay as all of that was jt a Travolta Gay: The Unanswered Qutns of His S*xualyMalia Obama Gay: What Is Her S*xual Orientatn? Is Drew Barrymore a Gay?

MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SON

The Common Misnceptns About Her S*xualyMagic Johnson’s Son Is GayJohnson had a hard time learng about the fact that his son is gay. In 2010, EJ clared himself to be gay and the world got to know about his inty 2013.

But wh time, he unrstood his son’s feelgs and accepted him for who he Magic Johnson’s son gay? So, Magic is not gay but he has someone his fay, his own son who is gay and he is proud of tuned and vis our homepage for more tertg articl, Lee Daily. This led to whispers that the LA legend was a closeted homosexual.

MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON

Acrdg to (Lon) Rosen, Thomas told him, 'I keep hearg Magic is gay. He acced Isiah Thomas of spreadg gay mors.

That all end 2009 when Johnson acced Thomas his memoir When the Game Was Ours of spreadg mors he'd ntracted HIV through gay and bisexual activy, acrdg to ESPN. Over the years, Magic and Cookie have been open about their rponsibili as parents — like when Magic told Ellen DeGener that he was "so happy" when their son EJ me out as gay.

EJ publicly me out as gay 2013, though he me out to his fay several years earlier. In 2014, EJ told PEOPLE that, although his parents "pretty much already knew" that he was gay, they were worried about the public's reactn.

MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT GAY SON: ‘I’M BEHD HIM ONE MILLN PERCENT’

Durg the nversatn, EJ, who me out as gay 2013, told hostJt Sylvter, "I like myself the way that I am. “Very European, ” says EJ Johnson, the son of Magic Johnson, as he rells when he me out as gay to his father. 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. Days after Magic Johnson publicly announced his support for his openly gay son, the basketball legend is openg up about when he learned his son was gay, the backlash sce the news broke and what he thks about athlet g out.

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

Johnson said fay members were prepared for the negative reactn, but they are more foced on the good that may e out of this, cludg more lbians and gays g out to their parents as well as gay athlet steppg out of the closet. 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. ”Gay dads? Magic Johnson is loud and proud about his love for his son, 20-year-old New York Universy stunt's sexual orientatn ma headl on Tuday after he was spotted holdg hands wh his boyiend Wt Hollywood … and now the NBA legend says that he uld not be any a new s-down terview wh TMZ's Harvey Lev, Johnson reveals that he and his wife Cookie had "the talk" wh their elst child when he was around 12 or 13-years-old bee they believed he was gay and they wanted him to know that they pletely supported him.

"It bothers me that they're discrimatg agast anybody who's gay, " he explaed.

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

"I've been the gay movement for a long time bee of HIV and AIDS. Dodgers baseball team, also exprsed his feelgs on homophobia sports and that he hop EJ's g out will spire others … and also spire tolerance. 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!

MAGIC JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS SON G OUT AS GAY

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.

EJ was outed as gay by TMZ 2013 before starrg the E! 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 is not jt leadg a legacy on the urt, but also the hearts of Gabrielle Unn and Dwyane an April 21 terview wh Entertament Tonight, Gabrielle and Dwyane touched on how Cookie Johnson and Magic's actns as parents to their son EJ Johnson—who publicly me out as gay 2013—helped shape their journey wh Zaya Wa, 14, who publicly me out as transgenr 2020.