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Contents:

• 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'
• MAGIC JOHNSON SAYS SON EJ G OUT AS GAY 'CHANGED' HIM: 'HE WAS JT SO PROUD'
• MAGIC JOHNSON: I LOVE MY ‘AMAZG’ GAY SON AND SUPPORT HIM NO MATTER WHAT
• DWYANE WA AND GABRIELLE UNN SUPPORT 11-YEAR-OLD SON AT GAY PRI PARA
• HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
• NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY
• RUDY GAY
• FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL

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.

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

"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. I’m gay, but I didn’t want to tell my parents.

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

Durg the nversatn, EJ, who me out as gay 2013, told hostJt Sylvter, "I like myself the way that I am. 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: I LOVE MY ‘AMAZG’ GAY SON AND SUPPORT HIM NO MATTER WHAT

"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.

Dwyane Wa has spoken ndidly about the genr journey of his son Zn, 12, who ma the cisn to intify as female and now go by the name Dogg claims he "didn’t threaten" Gayle Kg while fendg Kobe Bryant durg angry rantThe basketball star, 38, opened up durg an terview wh Ellen DeGener about parentg Zaya, who he shar wh his ex-wife Shvghn explaed that he and his wife Gabrielle Unn, 47, are "proud alli" of the LGBTQ+ muny and tailed how the uple are tg themselv on the suatn. Basketball legend Magic Johnson has opened up about his son g out as gay. The sportg legend spoke ndidly wh host Ellen DeGener about his 24-year-old son, EJ Johnson, who is openly gay and currently stars on the realy show Rich Kids of Beverly Hills.

DWYANE WA AND GABRIELLE UNN SUPPORT 11-YEAR-OLD SON AT GAY PRI PARA

His announcement helped dispel the myth that HIV is a ‘gay disease’.

“[I want to be] the voice for young gay people who need someone to be on TV or wherever else to talk to them and talk about all kds of issu that all of face and not jt homosexual issu but all kds of issu… I fely want to set a really good example. At Gay Pri Para. When John Amaechi me out publicly 2007, he was ahead of his time, sharg that he’s gay and a former profsnal basketball player.

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.

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

Rudy Gay. Gay at the 2018 Ma In Ameri Ftival September 2018. Rudy Carlton Gay Jr.

NFL ACH BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. MEN’S PRO SPORTS TO E OUT AS GAY

Born Brooklyn, New York, [2] to Rae Gay and Rudy Gay Sr., former lead sger of the R&B group Ace Spectm and band director for The Stylistics, [3] Gay began playg petive recreatnal basketball at the age of 12 his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. At the age of 14, Gay began playg for the natnally known Cecil-Kirk AAU program unr ach Anthony Lewis. Gay played his first two years of high school basketball at Baltimore County's Eastern Technil High School, a mag school Essex.

RUDY GAY

In his sophomore season at Eastern Tech, the Mavericks earned their first and only trip to College Park for the state semi-fals.

Although Eastern Tech was a Blue Ribbon amic stutn, Gay's parents were ncerned about his llege preparatn. [7] Consired a five-star rec by, Gay was listed as the No. Gay's llege recment and cisn to attend the Universy of Connecticut over the Universy of Maryland were ntroversial.

Gay had exprsed a sire to attend Maryland and said that he grew up rootg for the team, but he ultimately chose UConn. [10] The NCAA adopted a new schlg le after UConn paid $25, 000 to schle a game agast the Beltway Ballers, an ad hoc AAU team that nsisted of Gay's former teammat.

FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL

Gay wh UConn ach Jim Calhoun 2006.

As a hman at Connecticut 2004–05, Gay was a -wner (wh Jeff Green of Geetown) of the Big East Conference Rookie of the Year award after averagg 11. In the summer of 2005, Gay played for Uned Stat' Men's Unr-21 World Champnship Team.

Before his sophomore season began, Gay was nomated as Big East Preason Player of the Year, along wh Syrace guard Gerry McNamara.