Outsports’ 30 days of Pri moments nclus wh the first and so far only male major pro sports athlete to play after g out as gay.
Contents:
- OUR 30TH MOMENT OF PRI: JASON COLLS SR FOR THE FIRST TIME AS AN OUT GAY ATHLETE
- HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
- NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS
- THE ONLY 3 OUT, GAY NBA PLAYERS IN HISTORY
- A GAY NBA FAN FOUND 78 HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS BY 40 PLAYERS ON 23 TEAMS
OUR 30TH MOMENT OF PRI: JASON COLLS SR FOR THE FIRST TIME AS AN OUT GAY ATHLETE
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Today, for the last of our 30 Moments of Pri, we revis Febary 27, 2014: the first NBA game which Jason Colls sred pots as an openly gay pro basketball player. It was his first game sce g out as gay. He beme the first active male athlete one of the big pro sports leagu to e out publicly as gay.
HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
The gay athlet have broken through the noise to fd they n be accepted as gay athlet basketball. * nba gay moments *
And I’m gay, ” Colls wrote “I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport. He later wrote The Players’ Tribune about the irony that some people believe out gay players provi a “distractn” to straight athlet. “I had never felt more fortable playg basketball than I was as an openly gay man.
NBA, NETS, ACH AND PLAYERS HAVE ALL BOTCHED THE RPONSE TO KEV DURANT’S ANTI-GAY MENTS
Kev Durant ed the most graphic anti-gay language I’ve ever heard om a pro athlete. The NBA rponse? Crickets. * nba gay moments *
The energy volved hidg the strs, shame, and fear of beg gay is a full-time job.
THE ONLY 3 OUT, GAY NBA PLAYERS IN HISTORY
There have only been two openly gay NBA players. Jason Colls beme the first active player to e out 2013. John Amaechi me out 2007 after he retired. * nba gay moments *
When John Amaechi me out publicly 2007, he was ahead of his time, sharg that he’s gay and a former profsnal basketball player.
A GAY NBA FAN FOUND 78 HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS BY 40 PLAYERS ON 23 TEAMS
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. The NBA, s teams and players have pursued many iativ to support the LGBTQ muny and gay athlet the last few years.