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UMass guard Derrick Gordon has bee the first openly gay player Divisn I men’s basketball.

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UMASS GUARD DERRICK GORDON BE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE D-I BASKETBALL PLAYER

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After a year of isolatn, gay UMass basketball player Derrick Gordon disvered the strength to share his tth wh fay and teammat. Last Wednday, at the requt of redshirt sophomore shootg guard Derrick Gordon, Universy of Massachetts men’s basketball head ach Derek Kellogg lled a team meetg.

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Two weeks after his team’s upset loss to Tennsee the NCAA tournament, Gordon had a secret he wanted to share wh them, one that a week’s time he would share wh the world: He’s gay. “I jt wanted you all to know, ” Kellogg said, “I’m gay. But the last month, spendg time wh other gay people sports, somethg different had sudnly driven him to share his secret: Hope.

That was all nearly railed when Gordon’s then-boyiend last summer posted a photograph on Instagram of the two of them ont of a gay bar on the New Jersey ast.

UMASS BASKETBALL PLAYER ANNOUNC HE’S GAY

Gordon was wary of the post but figured there was ltle chance someone would stumble across the photo on a random Instagram acunt and intify him and said gay bar.

Wh hours, some of his teammat asked him if he were gay. The “gay” label lgered. ” Darryl hasn’t seen his brother play basketball sce his sophomore year high school.

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UMass guard Derrick Gordon be first openly gay male D-I basketball player .

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