There have only been two openly gay NBA players. Jason Colls beme the first active player to e out 2013. John Amaechi me out 2007 after he retired.
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GAY PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER MAR LEHMANN OUT
Gay basketball player Mar Lehmann has e out publicly. The Swiss profsnal basketball player penned an article for which he talks about livg a dual life — happy gay man at home and miserable, closeted, wildly succsful basketball player on the urt. Every week the same old thg: my boyiend would drive me to the airport and the mute I would go through secury, the happy gay man a relatnship turned to the emotnls pro athlete, who didn’t want to talk about his personal life.
Seeg a gay male athlete e out publicly on a natnal team-sport team is exceedgly rare. There are also only a handful of gay men profsnal basketball who have been out while playg, cludg Jason Colls, Derrick Gordon and Uri Kokia.
THE ONLY 3 OUT, GAY NBA PLAYERS IN HISTORY
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.