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Melbourne Uned centre Isaac Humphri beme Atralia's first active male profsnal basketballer to e out as gay on Wednday, exprsg relief at puttg behd him "extremely dark tim" when he stggled wh his sexualy.

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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. Mandatory Cred: Nelson Chenlt-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensg RightsMELBOURNE, Nov 16 (Rters) - Melbourne Uned centre Isaac Humphri beme Atralia's first active male profsnal basketballer to e out as gay on Wednday, exprsg relief at puttg behd him "extremely dark tim" when he stggled wh his 24-year-old, a former U.

"The ma reason behd me beg so low and beg at that pot was bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I'm gay. Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo beme Atralia's first player to e out as gay the male top-flight A-League soccer petn last year.

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The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) muny remas a hot topic the Uned Stat. 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. " 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.

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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.

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.

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In 2011, mors surfaced, claimg that Selby was gay after an alleged email to another man was leaked. 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.

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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. 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.

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Sce then, he has been regard as one of the world's most high-profile gay athlet. Prevly, Amaechi talked about gays the NBA an terview wh Stland on Sunday. There's hardly any Hispanic players, no Asian-Amerins, so that there's no openly gay players is no real surprise.

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Last year, the NBA moved s 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carola, due to the state's law that lims anti-discrimatn protectns for lbian, gay and transgenr people. 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.

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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. Tagged: rek schell / rrick gordon / Gay / gay basketball players / gay llege player / gay nba player / jason lls / john amaechi / lgbt / list / list of gay basketball players / nba player gay. The first openly gay basketball player on the Atralian natnal team has scribed the stggle he went through before g out to his Humphri shared the news wh Melbourne Uned teammat an emotnal locker room vio shared wh his 70, 000 Instagram followers November.

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