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

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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’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.

MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON

“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. 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.