NBA's Reggie bullock STANDS FOR LGBTQ EQUALITY

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Reggie Bullock who plays for the Detroit Piston's us using his fame as a major NBA player to bring awareness to LGBTQ equality in memory of his sister.

​His sister Mia Henderson was murdered in Baltimore; Henderson was a trans woman. Since 2014 Bullock, who is straight, cannot make sense of the extreme violence and struggled to understand the transgender community.

​Well, he and his team have just announced that they are partnering with GLAAD and other members of the LGBTQ community to encourage open conversation about inclusion in the NBA and elsewhere.
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Photo: Reggie Bullock

During a game against the Atlanta Hawks he wore Equality shoes and on the sole of the shoes was his sisters name.

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If you remember last summer he posted on his Instagram page a picture of his rainbow watchband. With the following caption (in part): “You are free to choose how you live, so I choose to stand for equality in the community and inclusion of all human beings.”

In a world where people are perpetually excluded for their differences, hated for their identities and subjected to discrimination simply because of how they look, live or love, I choose to stand against injustice. You are free to choose how you live, so I choose to stand for equality in the community and inclusion of all human beings. My sister, Mia Henderson, was murdered in a hate crime for simply being who she was. You do not have to support everyone's choices in the world, but it is important to practice tolerance and support that everyone should be free to make their own choices without being subjected to persecution. I chose to follow the rainbow in search of what I hope will be brighter days worth more than gold. If you see me around you may notice my watch band. It represents the rainbow I follow and that I will forever keep my sister in my heart and on my mind. RIP MIA HENDERSON ?? (10/6/87- 7/16/14) I STAND WITH YOU

A post shared by BULLY (Reggie Bullock) (@y0bull) on Aug 31, 2017 at 10:51am PDT

The man who was charged with Henderson's death was acquitted by a jury two years ago. Bullock who refused to dwell on that, instead is focused on remembering his sister's memory and doing what he can to make the world more compassionate for LGBTQ people. “A lot of people joke and do all these type of things about those type of people,” he said in a 2016 radio interview. “But me, it touches me, because I had a [sister], I had a person who was that way.
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I'll just leave with this quote from Bullock;  “I have come to accept trans people because I loved my sibling.”

​h/t: outsports

​POWERFUL STATEMENT

Following the death of @ReggieBullock35's transgender sister Mia Henderson, he has pledged to take a stand for Transgender awareness and acceptance. He met with representatives of @GLAAD & @AthleteAlly & hosted a Pride Night to show his support for the LGBTQ community. pic.twitter.com/cOOsFbuYtl

— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) March 31, 2018