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

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• 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: 'HE CHANGED ME'
• CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE ONLY MLB TEAM WH PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY
• RUDY GAY
• BRTNEY GRER LOV BAYLOR UNIVERSY, BUT ITS ANTI-GAY POLICI HURT HER AND THE SCHOOL

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

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

I’m gay, but I didn’t want to tell my parents. Speakg to Js Cagle on SiriXM, Sally Field — whose son Sam Griman is gay — shared her advice for people expectg that their children might e out to them.

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"My son is openly gay.

CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE ONLY MLB TEAM WH PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY

— Fifty Shas actrs Marcia Gay Harn, speakg about son Hudson Scheel to Yahoo Liftyle. My son is gay. "Sam is my youngt son, by 18 years, and he's gay.

I hope you know that I am more than 'okay' wh ; I rejoice that you are gay! You n talk about how I'm gay and out; you n talk about my pronouns.

RUDY GAY

Barbra Streisand’s son Jason Gould me out to her as gay 1998 and he spects she was “already” aware. After Lil Nas X me out publicly as gay and fully embraced his sexualy his Montero (Call Me By Your Name) mic vio, his father, gospel mician Robert Stafford, wrote on Instagram, “Very creative vio. I hope you know that I am more than ‘okay’ wh ; I rejoice that you are gay!

Tori Spellg & Dean McDermott are no strangers to parentg an LGBTQ+ child — McDermott’s olst son, Jack, is gay. Durg a film screeng of his movie My Fake Boyiend  June, McDermott posted an Instagram Story which said, part, “The thg I love about this movie is I got to share wh my 15-year-old, who intifi as trans, and my gay son. In December 2021, By Philipps announced on her podst, By Philipps is Dog Her Bt, that her child Birdie is gay and prefers they/them pronouns.

“As a parent, I wanted EJ to know that we loved him and would always love him, ” Magic Johnson told the New York Tim of his reactn when his son, makp artist EJ Johnson, me out to him as gay when he was a teenager. “I me out to them, and they were very acceptg, ” Zeke Thomas, who is gay, told Out of his parents. Growg up, I had gay uncl, like every kid Ameri.

BRTNEY GRER LOV BAYLOR UNIVERSY, BUT ITS ANTI-GAY POLICI HURT HER AND THE SCHOOL

“As long as I am upright, I will fight [so] that Sam and everyone’s children and grandchildren and sisters and brothers will be protected every state of the Uned Stat, ” Sally Field said of her son, Sam Greisman, who is gay — and why she’s a part of the Human Rights Campaign’s work towards the Equaly Act. “My son is gay.