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Contents:
- HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
- 5 GAY ATHLET WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
- FORMER KENTUCKY WILDT, PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY
- TOP 5 WNBA PLAYERS WHO ARE GAY / LBIAN FEAT. BRTNEY GRER, SUE BIRD, AND MORE
- TOP 3 NBA PLAYERS WHO ARE GAY FEAT. JASON COLLS AND MORE
HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
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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. Derrick Gordon, the first openly gay player Divisn 1 llege basketball acced the NBA of not givg him a fair shot to try out bee of his sexualy.
“Hontly, the NBA is not ready for an openly gay player right now, ” he said.
5 GAY ATHLET WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
They are showg young, gay athlet that they n be hont and open about who they are and also succeed the sport of their choice. Here are a few gay athlet who have ma a difference sports simply by g out and beg proud to be themselv. Jason Colls NBA player Jason Colls was drafted by the Hoton Rockets 2001 and played twelve seasons before g out as gay a Sports Illtrated ver story.
FORMER KENTUCKY WILDT, PRO BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY
He said that he chose to wear the jersey number “98” honour of Matthew Shepard who was killed an antigay hate crime 1998. When Colls played his last season the NBA wh the Brooklyn Nets he bee the first publicly gay athlete to play any of the four major North Amerin pro team sports leagu.
Many people believe pro sports to be one of the last areas where homophobia was still proment but Colls g out was a step the right directn for acceptance of gay pro athlet everywhere. He also hted that he might be more bisexual than gay, but he don’t feel the need to put a label on .
TOP 5 WNBA PLAYERS WHO ARE GAY / LBIAN FEAT. BRTNEY GRER, SUE BIRD, AND MORE
In 2013, Rogers announced his retirement at the age of 25 and also me out as gay a post on his personal blog. “I’m a soccer player, I’m Christian, and I’m gay. Later that year, Rogers me out of retirement and signed wh the Los Angel Galaxy and 2014 he beme the first openly gay male to w a major team pro sports tle the U.
In 2012, he beme the first profsnally active boxer to e out as gay sayg, ”I want to try to be the bt role mol I n be for kids who might look to boxg as a sport and a profsnal reer. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man”.
TOP 3 NBA PLAYERS WHO ARE GAY FEAT. JASON COLLS AND MORE
In 2013, Cz was one of the first ducte to the brand new Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame. Louis Rams the 2014 NFL draft, Michael Sam beme the first publicly gay player to ever be drafted to the NFL.