After a 13-year reer the NBA, Jason Colls, the first openly gay profsnal basketball player, is retirg. Eighteen months ago Colls me out as gay through a first person article published Sports Illtrated. In the first le he wrote, “I am a 34-year old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” He announced his plans to retire today, aga through first person, this time on The Players’ Tribune.
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- FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL
- MELBOURNE UNED'S ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
- FORMER KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI COM OUT AS GAY EMOTNAL VIO: 'I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF'
- ATRALIAN NBL, FORMER KENTUCKY CENTER ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE’S GAY EMOTNAL TALK WH TEAMMAT
- JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
- HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
- JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY NBA PLAYER, REFLECTS ON LEGACY, LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL
- ATRALIAN BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL
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Colls announced he is gay April 2013, shortly after the NBA season end, and he beme the first openly gay player to appear a top-tier basketball league Febary 2014 as a member of the Nets.
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MELBOURNE UNED'S ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
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FORMER KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI COM OUT AS GAY EMOTNAL VIO: 'I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF'
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Acrdg to CNN, Humphri is now the only active profsnal basketball player the world to e out as gay.
ATRALIAN NBL, FORMER KENTUCKY CENTER ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE’S GAY EMOTNAL TALK WH TEAMMAT
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JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
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HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
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JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY NBA PLAYER, REFLECTS ON LEGACY, LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL
Jason Colls says he's news servicApr 29, 2013, 11:46 AM ETNBA center Jason Colls on Monday announced that he's gay a story for Sports Illtrated, beg the first active player one of the four major Amerin profsnal team sports to announce that he is gay. "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport. Me personally gay men the locked room would make me unfortable.
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"Jason's announcement today is an important moment for profsnal sports and the history of the LGBT [lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr] muny, " he said a statement. "He said the first relative he told he was gay was his nt Teri, who is a superr urt judge San Francis. He said she told him, "I've known you were gay for years, " which ma him "fortable my own sk.
ATRALIAN BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
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