Former NBA, Kentucky player Isaac Humphri out as only active gay player top-tier men's basketball

FORMER KENTUCKY WILDT, PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY

When John Amaechi me out publicly 2007, he was ahead of his time, sharg that he’s gay and a former profsnal basketball player. Sce Colls showed the world you uld be a gay man profsnal basketball, there has been a trickle of gay athlet to follow, most recently former NBA player and current Atralian pro basketball player Isaac Humphri. Here are the gay men who have blazed a trail on basketball urts around the world.

Isaac Humphri — a profsnal basketball player Atralia who played for the Kentucky Wildts — has e out publicly as gay an op-ed for CNN.

In the op-ed Humphri, 24, talks about growg up sports, Atralia and elsewhere, and never seeg other out gay men.

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“I was around some of the most succsful people the world – everyone om micians, televisn and film producers, media personali, A-list celebri – and got to see that beg openly gay n e wh joy. He clared for the NBA Draft after his sophomore year wh Kentucky, gog undrafted.

They appld and hug him, showg yet aga how the level of homophobia sports is simply not remotely what we’ve been told is. Humphri jos Jason Colls the NBA, Uri Kokia Israel and Mar Lehmann Swzerland as gay athlet who have e out publicly while petg profsnal basketball. As each of them has found, g out sports and beg gay are not wispread problems anymore.