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Contents:

• GAY PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI IS RETURNG TO HIS OLD TEAM
• MELBOURNE UNED NBL STAR ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY
• FORMER PRO ATRALIAN BASKETBALL PLAYER TREVOR TORRANCE PUBLICLY OUT AS GAY
• ATRALIAN NBL, FORMER KENTUCKY CENTER ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE’S GAY EMOTNAL TALK WH TEAMMAT
• HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL

GAY PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI IS RETURNG TO HIS OLD TEAM

The pro basketball player Atralia who publicly me out as gay last year recently signed wh the Alai 36ers of the Natnal Basketball League. In an op-ed for CNN, Humphri said he ma the cisn to e out after spendg time Los Angel, where he saw out gay men thrivg all walks of life. “I was around some of the most succsful people the world – everyone om micians, televisn and film producers, media personali, A-list celebri – and got to see that beg openly gay n e wh joy.

MELBOURNE UNED NBL STAR ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY

There are sr of exampl of gay players signg wh other teams after g out, and Humphri is jt the latt example.

Melbourne Uned star Isaac Humphri has revealed 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. 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.

Humphri is jt the send male basketball player to e out as gay while playg a top-tier league after NBA veteran Jason Colls me out 2013. Alai Uned footballer Josh Cavallo beme the only openly gay player the A-League petn when he me out last year. His reer cid wh the apex of the AIDS epimic, when there was mass hysteria and fear surroundg gay people.

FORMER PRO ATRALIAN BASKETBALL PLAYER TREVOR TORRANCE PUBLICLY OUT AS GAY

Torrance, who played 10 seasons and won two champnships wh the NBL’s Dual Perth Wildts om 1986-96, publicly me out as gay this week an terview posted on the team’s social media pag. Dpe his secrecy, Torrance says he thks his teammat always knew he was gay.

Throughout the late 80s and early 90s, there was wispread misrmatn about HIV/AIDS and gay people. There is even an active out gay player the NBL. Melbourne Uned startg center Isaac Humphri ma an announcement about his sexualy on Atralian Natnal Basketball League player said publicly that he is gay.

ATRALIAN NBL, FORMER KENTUCKY CENTER ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE’S GAY EMOTNAL TALK WH TEAMMAT

"I want to monstrate that you n be a profsnal athlete, you n be anythg you want, and still be gay. That tth, is that I am gay, " Humphri said.

"KENTUCKY'S JOHN CALIPARI HOOKS UP COAL MINER WHO WENT VIRAL WITH VIP TREATMENT FOR WILDCATS GAMEHumphir announcement more than a year after A-League soccer player Josh Cavallo announced he is gay. Humphri is one of the few mal to publicly announce he's gay while playg one of the world’s top-tier basketball leagu. Melbourne Uned startg center Isaac Humphri has announced that he is gay and said he hop his cisn to publicly announce his sexualy will lead to more profsnal sportsmen dog the same.

(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) In 2013 Jason Colls beme the first active NBA player to e out as gay. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)"Basketball is not safe for gay and bisexual kids, " Denison said.

HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL

"We need basketball’s lears to vt strategi to stop harmful homophobic behavrs their sport. 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.