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