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Contents:

• OLYMPIC MEDALLIST COL JACKSON ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD: ‘I’M GAY’
• JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY
• COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• SAN DIEGO PRO SOCCER TEAM FORFES GAME AFTER GAY PLAYER ALLEGEDLY LLED A SLUR

OLYMPIC MEDALLIST COL JACKSON ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

The Brish Olympic silver medallist and BBC sports prenter Col Jackson has spoken publicly for the first time about beg gay, sayg he thought the time was right to reveal his an terview for a Swedish documentary lled Rabow Hero, the Welsh two-time 110m hurdl world champn said the reason he had not prevly spoken of his sexualy was to avoid beg “sensatnalised”. ”Jackson spoke about the stigma around gay athlet to the Voice newspaper 2008 when he said: “It’s the 21st century.

FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD: ‘I’M GAY’

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Former 'Bachelor' star says he is gay.

Colton Unrwood told Rob Roberts on “Good Morng Ameri” that he is gay an terview that aired Wednday morng. I’m gay. Jason Colls says he's news servicApr 29, 2013, 11:46 AM ETNBA 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.

JASON COLLS SAYS HE'S GAY

"I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport.

Me personally gay men the locked room would make me unfortable. As Amerins grow more acceptg of gay rights and same-sex marriage.

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COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS

"He said the first relative he told he was gay was his nt Teri, who is a superr urt judge San Francis.

COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY

He said she told him, "I've known you were gay for years, " which ma him "fortable my own sk. "Colls said he realized he need to make his sexual orientatn public when his former roommate at Stanford, Massachetts ngrsman Joe Kennedy, who is straight, marched Boston's Gay Pri Para last Boston Marathon bombgs earlier this month then rerced to him "that I shouldn't wa for the circumstanc of my g out to be perfect. "When I told Joe a few weeks ago that I was gay, he was grateful that I tsted him.

Colls says he quietly ma a statement for gay rights even while keepg his sexual orientatn a secret. 98 wh the Celtics and Wizards -- 1998 was the year that Matthew Shepard, a gay llege stunt Wyomg, was killed, and the Trevor Project, a suici preventn anizatn, was found.

"When I was playg, I had never had nversatns around what meant to be gay.

SAN DIEGO PRO SOCCER TEAM FORFES GAME AFTER GAY PLAYER ALLEGEDLY LLED A SLUR

"Sayg 'I'm gay' sets a new standard of honty, openns and teamwork that will posively affect athlet and fans at every level of sports. Ted Lasso watchers have speculated that AFC Richmond player Col Hugh (Billy Harris) is gay sce early season two, and those spicns were nfirmed season three’s third episo.

Trent then shar wh Col that he’s gay as well, openg the door for Col to — perhaps — tell his teammat and ach. It seems like sports, particularly men’s sports, is among the fields that has been slowt to adapt and accept gay people.