Isiah Thomas
The former Detroit Pistons legend and Hall of Famer has a son, Zeke Thomas, who is gay.
In a 2013 interview with Out, Zeke opened up about how his parents took it when he came out.
“I came out in 2008, my sophomore year at college. My parents like to say they always knew I was gay. I came out to them, and they were very accepting. I always knew they would be accepting,” he said.
“Growing up, I had gay uncles, like every kid in America. I never was so scared that my parents were going to shun or disown me — the horror stories you hear. I was just nervous about, ‘Are my friends gonna accept me?’ because I was a jock kid, so to speak, with an athlete father.”
