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Melbourne Uned's Isaac Humphri has shared publicly that he is gay, beg the only openly gay player a top-tier men's basketball league.

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HUMPHRI BE FIRST PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY ATRALIA'S NBL

Melbourne Uned centre Isaac Humphri beme Atralia's first active male profsnal basketballer to e out as gay on Wednday, exprsg relief at puttg behd him "extremely dark tim" when he stggled wh his sexualy. * melbourne gay basketball *

Mandatory Cred: Nelson Chenlt-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensg RightsMELBOURNE, Nov 16 (Rters) - Melbourne Uned centre Isaac Humphri beme Atralia's first active male profsnal basketballer to e out as gay on Wednday, exprsg relief at puttg behd him "extremely dark tim" when he stggled wh his 24-year-old, a former U.

SPORTMELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI TELLS TEAMMAT HE IS GAY EMOTNAL SPEECH

Power forward Isaac Humphri reveals he is the first openly gay man the NBL an emotnal speech to his teammat. * melbourne gay basketball *

"The ma reason behd me beg so low and beg at that pot was bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I'm gay. Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo beme Atralia's first player to e out as gay the male top-flight A-League soccer petn last year.

MELBOURNE UNED'S ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

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Melbourne Uned player Isaac Humphri has revealed he is gay durg an emotnal speech to his NBL pots:Isaac Humphri joed Melbourne Uned this year, and spent time at the Atlanta Hawks the NBAHumphri is the first openly gay male to be playg the NBL, and send to play any top-tier league the worldHumphri said he wanted to set a good example for other young athlet stgglg wh their sexualyThe power forward said he had been through "dark tim", as he beme the only openly gay male profsnal basketball player a top tier league the world.

That tth is that I am gay, " Humphri said. "I have fally e to a pot where I know I n reveal myself as a gay man and still play profsnal sport.

"I want to monstrate that you n be a profsnal athlete, you n be anythg you want, and still be gay. Olgun Uluc, ESPN Basketball InsirNov 16, 2022, 11:40 AMMelbourne Uned's Isaac Humphri has shared publicly that he is gay, beg the only openly gay player a top-tier men's basketball league. You n be big Ice and be gay, and you n still be a great basketball player and be gay.

'I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF': MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAYTHE MELBOURNE UNED POWER FORWARD IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS SHARED AN EMOTNAL VIO G OUT AS GAY. SOURCE: GETTY / KELLY DEFAKEY POTSMELBOURNE BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS SHARED A VIO G OUT AS GAY TO HIS TEAMMAT.HE SAID WHILE HE HAD STGGLED TO ACCEPT HIS SEXUALY THE PAST, HE WANTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS. HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.THIS ARTICLE NTAS REFERENC TO SUICI.MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS E OUT AS GAY, SHARG AN EMOTNAL VIO ACROSS HIS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.IN THE VIO, THE 24-YEAR-OLD TELLS HIS TEAMMAT THAT WHILE HE HAD BEEN THROUGH "DARK TIM" THE PAST AND STGGLED TO ACCEPT HIS SEXUALY, HE NOW WANTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS."THE TTH IS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OTHER WORLDS THAT ARE STGGLG EVERY SGLE DAY AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET UP, DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXIST, AND I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS AND I WANT TO REPRENT THOSE PEOPLE," HUMPHRI SAID."THAT'S MY GOAL BEHD THIS, MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW YOU N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WANT YOU DO."YOU N BE 'BIG ICE' AND BE GAY, AND YOU N STILL BE A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER AND BE GAY. YOU N DO WHATEVER YOU WANT."HUMPHRI JOED MELBOURNE UNED JULY AFTER PREVLY PLAYG FOR THE ALAI 36ERS AND SEVERAL UNED STAT TEAMS, CLUDG THE ATLANTA HAWKS THE NBA.HE SAID MOVG TO THE NEW TEAM HAD MOTIVATED HIM TO E OUT PUBLICLY."I CID IF I'M GOG TO JO A TEAM, I'M GOG TO E OUT PUBLICLY, AND JT MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU N LIVE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HI JT BEE YOU'RE AN ATHLETE," HE SAID."I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF. I'VE DISVERED THIS IS MY PURPOSE LIFE AND I'M GOG TO GIVE MY BT GO."READ MORE'FOOTBALL IS FOR EVERYBODY': WORLD REACTS TO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO G OUT AS GAYHUMPHRI OPENED UP TO HIS TEAMMAT AND MELBOURNE UNED STAFF ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH STGGL, WHERE HE TRIED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.“I ULDN’T BE WHO I AM, AND I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MY LIFE. THE MA REASON BEHD ME BEG SO LOW AND BEG THAT POT IS BEE I WAS VERY MUCH STGGLG WH MY SEXUALY AND G TO TERMS WH THE FACT THAT I’M GAY," HE SAID.“I HATED ABOUT MYSELF. I WAS DISGTED AT MYSELF. I THOUGHT THAT I ULD NOT BE THAT PERSON WH OUR ENVIRONMENT, WH A BASKETBALL ENVIRONMENT. IT WASN’T UNTIL I WAS A MUNY THAT’S FULL OF PRI AND HAPPS AND JOY; WAS A BIG WAKE UP LL FOR ME."MELBOURNE UNED’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NICK TELSON SAID THE ANISATN WAS "WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTIVE" OF HUMPHRI."TODAY IS AN CREDIBLE STEP ISAAC’S JOURNEY, AND WE AS A CLUB ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM. NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF OUR CLUB, BUT AS A PERSON. THIS IS A MOMENTO OCSN FOR HIM PERSONALLY, BUT ALSO FOR MALE SPORT ON A GLOBAL SLE.”READ MOREQATAR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN HAS A MSAGE FOR FOOTBALL FANS AHEAD OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP“FOR THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY TO FALLY HAVE REPRENTATN PROFSNAL MALE BASKETBALL IS WONRFUL. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME G, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT OUR CLUB N BE AT THE FOREONT OF BEG ALLI THIS AREA.”PRI SPORT - THE NATNAL NOT-FOR-PROF THAT SUPPORTS ATRALIAN SPORTG ANISATNS LGBTIQ+ CLN - RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT NGRATULATED HUMPHRI ON HIS "BRAVERY"."PRI SPORT APPLDS MELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI FOR HIS URAGE AND LEARSHIP BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE NBL PLAYER," NATNAL PROGRAM MANAGER BE NEWELL SAID."HIS BRAVERY IS TO BE NGRATULATED AND HIS JOURNEY SHOWS THE UNFORTUNATE REALY THAT MANY ATHLET FACE WHEN THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ENJOY THE SPORT THEY LOVE AS THEIR TE SELV."LGBTIQ+ ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT WH MENTAL HEALTH N NTACT QLIFE ON 1800 184 527 OR VIS . ALSO HAS A LIST OF SUPPORT SERVIC.INTERSEX ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT N VIS INTERSEX PEER SUPPORT ATRALIA AT SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 16 NOVEMBER 2022 11:45AMBY JSI BAHRSOURCE: SBS NEWSAVAILABLE OTHER LANGUAGTAGSATRALIAMELBOURNESHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

Inevably, I n help a lot of people and be someone they n look to as an example of someone who n be gay sport, be gay basketball. "The 24-year-old is only the send male basketball player to say he is gay while playg a top-tier league; the first sce NBA player Jason Colls, who did so 2013.

"I would love to have had more versns of me to show me that was OK to be gay basketball, " Humphri said. But, I want to be proud two-three weeks time how we've embraced , and six months' time, and a year's time; I'm more exced about how we will feel toward Isaac and potentially other gay basketballers the future more than right this send.

The ma reason behd me beg so low and beg that pot is bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I'm gay. In 2021, Carl Nassib beme the first openly gay player the NFL; the same year, Le Prokop also said he was gay, beg the first NHL player to do so.

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