Salon.com > Denver Nuggets http://www.salon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 02:42:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 NBA star comes out with his lesbian moms in support of gay marriage http://www.salon.com/2013/01/25/nba_star_comes_out_with_his_lesbian_moms_in_support_of_gay_marriage/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/25/nba_star_comes_out_with_his_lesbian_moms_in_support_of_gay_marriage/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13182267 Kenneth "the Manimal" Faried is a Denver Nuggets power forward whose high-energy play and extravagant dreadlocks have made him a darling of the basketball intelligentsia. He's also the star of a moving new video endorsing civil unions for One Colorado, a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the rights of the LGBT community.

Faried appears with his two mothers, Carol and Waudda (both of whom are painfully, adorably shy), and offers a few stories about how they met and the kinds of adversities they've had to overcome as a family. Fairly or not, the NBA's players have earned something of a reputation in recent years for homophobia, which makes the video's message that much more refreshing. "Nobody can ever tell me that I can't have two mothers," says Faried. "Because I really do."

Watch "the Manimal" and his clan below:

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