Retired NBA player Jason Colls remas the only out gay athlete to pete the regular season any of the major Amerin sports leagu.
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- FORMER CELTICS CENTER JASON COLLS COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ATHLETE IN AMERIN PRO SPORTS
- JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
- THIS GAY BOSTON CELTICS FAN IS WORKG HIS DREAM JOB AS HIS TE SELF
- THIS OUT GAY DANCER IS MAKG HISTORY WH THE CELTICS
- TOP 3 NBA PLAYERS WHO ARE GAY FEAT. JASON COLLS AND MORE
- JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY N.B.A. PLAYER, SIGNS WH NETS AND APPEARS GAME
FORMER CELTICS CENTER JASON COLLS COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ATHLETE IN AMERIN PRO SPORTS
For months, mors persisted of an openly gay profsnal athlete g out as gay, and on Monday, that player turned out to be NBA center Jason Colls. * boston celtics gay player *
BOSTON (CBS) -- For months, mors persisted of an openly gay profsnal athlete g out as gay, and on Monday, that player turned out to be NBA center Jason Colls.
"I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport. The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muny remas a hot topic the Uned Stat.
JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
NBA 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. * boston celtics gay player *
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.
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" We, as a untry, need to une and not jt bee of the tragic gay nightclub shootg Orlando, Florida, that occurred last summer. We have a thg gog on now — people discrimatg agast homosexualy this untry.
I love the homosexual people. God bls the gay 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.
THIS OUT GAY DANCER IS MAKG HISTORY WH THE CELTICS
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.
TOP 3 NBA PLAYERS WHO ARE GAY FEAT. JASON COLLS AND MORE
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.
JASON COLLS, FIRST OPENLY GAY N.B.A. PLAYER, SIGNS WH NETS AND APPEARS GAME
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.