Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay active male athlete North Ameri's four major profsnal sports 2014 while playg for the Brooklyn Nets, was honored by the Los Angel Lakers Thursday as the team hosted s first Pri Night.
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- RUDY GAY
- CARMELO ANTHONY, RUDY GAY LKED TO LAKERS AFTER RSELL WTBROOK TRA
- FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL
- JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY N.B.A. PLAYER, SIGNS WH NETS AND APPEARS GAME
RUDY GAY
The Lakers are givg away Pri jerseys as Edwards plays one of his first gam after g a gay slur. * gay lakers player *
The acpanyg vio was clearly of gay and bisexual Black men, wh Edwards addg addnal disgt to his mentary. Aga, to be clear, the Lakers’ Pri Night was termed before Edwards’ anti-gay screed was posted on social media. And now ’s perfectly timed as the club reprentg Wt Hollywood and one of the largt LGBT muni the untry hosts a preason game agast the latt NBA player to publicly share homophobic ments.
While Edwards, the Timberwolv and the NBA have all refed to ll Edwards’ language homophobic or any way acknowledge the LGBT muny — not one of them have sce the cint — ’s been clear the muny is not thrilled wh any of , as evinced by the terrific lumn by Star-Tribune wrer Chris He. The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muny remas a hot topic the Uned Stat. The LGBT movement emerged as early as the 1870s, but homosexual rights groups didn't appear until after World War II September 1945.
To add onto the topic of the Warrrs, print Rick Welts me out as gay an terview wh the New York Tim 2011. Homophobia is somethg that shouldn't have a place sports bee LGBT folks n be fans, media members, employe and executiv too. " We, as a untry, need to une and not jt bee of the tragic gay nightclub shootg Orlando, Florida, that occurred last summer.
CARMELO ANTHONY, RUDY GAY LKED TO LAKERS AFTER RSELL WTBROOK TRA
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We have a thg gog on now — people discrimatg agast homosexualy this untry. I love the homosexual people. His fay reportedly had mixed emotns towards the announcement, but he still changed the game, beg the first Divisn I men's basketball player to e out as gay and play gam.
He also received praise om Colls and former NFL fensive end Michael Sam, who beme the first openly gay football player. Denver Nuggets power forward Kenh Faried has been a gay rights supporter for a long time. In 2011, mors surfaced, claimg that Selby was gay after an alleged email to another man was leaked.
Selby later nied those claims, sayg “Bh, I am jt cur, not gay. When then-Phoenix Suns print and CEO Rick Welts me out as gay May 2011, former NBA pot guard Steve Nash pledged his support favor of the LGBT muny. Nash said the vio, "A growg number of profsnal athlet are speakg out support of gay and lbian upl gettg married, I'm proud to be one of them.
FORMER NBA, KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS ONLY ACTIVE GAY PLAYER TOP-TIER MEN'S BASKETBALL
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Asi om his open support for gay rights, he also ns the Steve Nash Foundatn, which helps children who are affected by poverty, illns, abe or neglect, and creat opportuny for tn, play, and empowerment, Phoenix, Arizona, and Brish Columbia, Canada. After the 2012-13 NBA season me to an end, Colls me out as gay. 98 to honor the murr of the late Universy of Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepard, who was gay.
He told Good Day LA, "I thk gay marriage, same-sex marriage is them go through what we go through. In his hman year at Villanova, he first me out as gay to his teammate and roommate Mike Villa before nfsg to his parents three months later. Amaechi was the first former NBAer to publicly e out as gay after retirg om the league.
JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY N.B.A. PLAYER, SIGNS WH NETS AND APPEARS GAME
Sce then, he has been regard as one of the world's most high-profile gay athlet. Prevly, Amaechi talked about gays the NBA an terview wh Stland on Sunday.
There's hardly any Hispanic players, no Asian-Amerins, so that there's no openly gay players is no real surprise. Last year, the NBA moved s 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carola, due to the state's law that lims anti-discrimatn protectns for lbian, gay and transgenr people. Follow him on Twter » Ohm's chat archive »LOS ANGELES -- After he ma history by beg the first openly gay active male athlete North Ameri's four major profsnal sports 2014, Jason Colls thought there would be more profsnal gay male athlet to follow he proudly celebrated the Los Angel Lakers' first Pri Night when he was honored by the anizatn Thursday, Colls said he has been ntact wh and supports other athlet who have yet to e out.
Colls, who is a Global Ambassador and diversy advote for the NBA, returned to the se where he played his first game as an openly gay male athlete after he signed a 10-day ntract wh the Brooklyn Nets and faced the Lakers on Feb. Mnota Uned FC midfielr Coll Mart is currently the only openly gay profsnal male athlete North Ameri after he beme the send openly gay player Major League Soccer history, followg Robbie Rogers of the LA Galaxy. Colls, though, hop gay male athlet n e forward and receive the same reactn that many WNBA players have.