Rainbow Boys
The question of sexual identity is asked to many professional athletes when they are first diagnosed with HIV or tested positive for the AIDS virus. Magic Johnson is a five time championship winner with the Los Angeles Lakers, awarded MVP three times, and played amongst the first nine Olympic All-Star teams (Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame). Despite these great achievements in his life, his contact with the HIV virus caused him to face much discrimination. Although Johnson's source of the virus has been unknown, many people have "misconceptions of AIDS as an exclusively gay disease" and thought that Magic was homosexual because of his positive test (Stewart). During an interview with Arsenio Hall, immediately after admitting his infection, Magic was asked about his sexuality. In response to this question Magic responded that he was "far from being homosexual" (Stewart). Magic Johnson's acknowledgment to contacting the virus lead many activist to feel that his "disavowal of......
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