Warriors' coach Steve Kerr on team's LGBTQ night: 'We're all in this together'

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr expressed great pride in his organization for hosting LGBTQ night Wednesday in the team's 117-112 win over the Toronto Raptors.
“I want to acknowledge that tonight is LGBTQ night here at Oracle, which is an important night," Kerr said in his postgame news conference. "I want to say first of all that I’m proud to be part of an organization and with a region and area that embraces diversity, and there’s never been a more important time in our country to respect the person next to you regardless of race, creed, color, sexual preference, sexual identity."
Warriors team president Rick Welts is openly gay. The team last held LGBTQ Night in 2010. All fans in attendance Wednesday received a replica NBA championship ring, and a portion of the game's ticket proceeds were donated to the San Francisco Gay Softball League.
Kerr has been candid when it comes to social and political stances, showing public support for Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protests during the national anthem and criticizing President Donald Trump on multiple occasions.
The Warriors also have plans for celebrating diversity by hosting ethnic group promotional nights — for Filipinos, Asians, Irish, and African Americans.
“I’m really encouraged by my kids’ experience here in California growing up, just in terms of acceptance," Kerr continued. "It seems like the young generation is learning more and more about we all just are who we are and we’re all just individuals and what makes our country great is our diversity. The fact that we can respect each other and work together, embrace each other, I think it’s an important night for us, and we welcome everybody from the LGBTQ community.
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“Maybe, if you’re coming to the game tonight and your child says what does that mean, explain it to them, explain to them the importance of love the person next to you, respecting them no matter who they are, where they come from. They’re human beings, we’re all human beings, we’re all in this together.”