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THE LIST OF GAY BASKETBALL PLAYERS NTU TO GROW WH ANOTHER G OUT
Wh Derrick Gordon g out today, the UMASS shootg guard adds his name to a growg list of gay male basketball players that have e out the media. Th far, this list of gay basketball players stands at seven players — five om the llege ranks and a uple om the NBA.
Derrick Gordon: Wh his announcement on April 9, 2014, Gordon bee the first openly gay active Divisn I player. The Sophomore for the UMass Mutemen had been stgglg over the last year before fally cidg to e out to his teammat.
A gay man the hight level of profsnal sports is what the LGBT muny was lookg for and on April 29, 2013, Colls me out to Sport Illtrated. In this list of gay basketball players, five of the seven players have e out the last year. What seems to be the most mon thread all the g outs were the feelg of isolatn, fear, and lonels that an athlete feels ught between the hyper-masculy of male sports and the gay world.