Dennis Rodman Rocks Plaid Skirt While Celebrating Pride Month In Houston

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Five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman showed up to Houston’s Pride Parade implicit the play and greeted fans successful a amusive and edgy outfit. Dennis, 62, rocked a green, pleated schoolgirl skirt, a achromatic t-shirt with a people of his look connected it that showed him with rainbow hair, and a achromatic and achromatic shot headdress with a smiley look embroidered connected the front. He besides had Pride-themed socks connected to implicit his colorful ‘fit. In footage from his clip astatine the parade, which tin beryllium seen successful his beneath Instagram station from Sunday, June 25, helium enthusiastically greeted excited fans.

The Basketball Hall of Famer captioned the station with a Pride-positive message. “Love volition Always win,” helium wrote. “Happy Pride.” He added the hashtags, “#gaypride #loveislove #pridemonth”.

Dennis’ station had fans divided successful the remark section, with immoderate criticizing his outward enactment of the LGBTQ+ assemblage and others commending him. Meanwhile, respective fans made enactment that Dennis has ever been supportive of the assemblage and has worn feminine outfits successful the past. He adjacent took a infinitesimal to clap backmost astatine the haters connected his Instagram Story by sharing photos of the flamboyant outfits he’s worn successful the past. “Do your probe guys,” helium wrote implicit the station alongside the hashtag, “#beenhim.”

Dennis has ever been comfy with his sexuality and has been blessed to propulsion the walls of the container to which male sports stars person been confined. In 1995, helium covered Rolling Stone successful lingerie. In 1996, helium sent headlines spinning erstwhile helium declared helium was bisexual and joined himself successful a wedding dress. In 2014, helium dressed up successful resistance to be the Legends of Basketball Tour successful Argentina. He has been unfastened astir his affection for resistance shows, cheery clubs, and much passim his full career.

Dennis Rodman joined himself successful 1996 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Dennis antecedently spoke astir however his iconic Rolling Stone screen opened galore doors for him in the LGBTQ+ community. “The cheery assemblage started to scope retired to maine and said, ‘Wow, we ne'er knew that our assemblage tin beryllium represented similar that successful sports.’ And radical didn’t cognize astatine the clip that I was doing that,” helium recalled to Business Insider successful 2019. “I was, you know, doing each the resistance clubs, I was dressing successful drag. I was dressing successful women’s clothes, I was doing lingerie and worldly similar that and radical successful the cheery assemblage started embracing me. If you’re gay, I didn’t springiness a damn.”

Furthermore, helium hypothesized that 10 to 20% of each professional athletes are gay portion speaking to Business Insider. During that interview, helium encouraged sports stars to beryllium comfy with being openly gay. “I don’t cognize wherefore radical haven’t came retired before,” helium said portion promoting ESPN’s caller “30-for-30” documentary, Rodman: For Better oregon Worse. “It’s chill that radical are coming retired being, you know, cheery oregon homosexual oregon whatever, lesbian and worldly similar that.”

Dennis Rodman dressed successful resistance for his publication signing successful 1996 (Photo: JIM PRISCHING/KRT/Newscom/MEGA)

In his 1996 memoir, Bad As I Wanna Be, Dennis said helium was influenced to formal successful women’s apparel due to the fact that helium grew up successful a household with galore women. “I don’t retrieve the archetypal clip I decided to bash it arsenic an adult…It was much of a gradual thing, wherever it progressed from earrings and fingernails to halter tops and choky leather shorts,” helium explained, her Vulture. “When I cross-dress now, it’s conscionable different mode I tin amusement each the sides of Dennis Rodman. I’m giving you the full package. I’m becoming the all-purpose person.”

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