8 Male Football Players who Dared to Come Out As Gay [2023 Update]

Contents:

• MELBOURNE UNED'S ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• SPORTMELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI TELLS TEAMMAT HE IS GAY EMOTNAL SPEECH
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
• MELBOURNE UNED NBL STAR ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY
• MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY: 'I AM NOW HAPPY WH WHO I AM'
• WHO IS ISAAC HUMPHRI? MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER OUT AS GAY
• 'I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF': MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAYTHE MELBOURNE UNED POWER FORWARD IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS SHARED AN EMOTNAL VIO G OUT AS GAY. SOURCE: GETTY / KELLY DEFAKEY POTSMELBOURNE BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS SHARED A VIO G OUT AS GAY TO HIS TEAMMAT.HE SAID WHILE HE HAD STGGLED TO ACCEPT HIS SEXUALY THE PAST, HE WANTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS. HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.THIS ARTICLE NTAS REFERENC TO SUICI.MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS E OUT AS GAY, SHARG AN EMOTNAL VIO ACROSS HIS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.IN THE VIO, THE 24-YEAR-OLD TELLS HIS TEAMMAT THAT WHILE HE HAD BEEN THROUGH "DARK TIM" THE PAST AND STGGLED TO ACCEPT HIS SEXUALY, HE NOW WANTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS."THE TTH IS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OTHER WORLDS THAT ARE STGGLG EVERY SGLE DAY AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET UP, DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXIST, AND I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS AND I WANT TO REPRENT THOSE PEOPLE," HUMPHRI SAID."THAT'S MY GOAL BEHD THIS, MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW YOU N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WANT YOU DO."YOU N BE 'BIG ICE' AND BE GAY, AND YOU N STILL BE A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER AND BE GAY. YOU N DO WHATEVER YOU WANT."HUMPHRI JOED MELBOURNE UNED JULY AFTER PREVLY PLAYG FOR THE ALAI 36ERS AND SEVERAL UNED STAT TEAMS, CLUDG THE ATLANTA HAWKS THE NBA.HE SAID MOVG TO THE NEW TEAM HAD MOTIVATED HIM TO E OUT PUBLICLY."I CID IF I'M GOG TO JO A TEAM, I'M GOG TO E OUT PUBLICLY, AND JT MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU N LIVE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HI JT BEE YOU'RE AN ATHLETE," HE SAID."I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF. I'VE DISVERED THIS IS MY PURPOSE LIFE AND I'M GOG TO GIVE MY BT GO."READ MORE'FOOTBALL IS FOR EVERYBODY': WORLD REACTS TO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO G OUT AS GAYHUMPHRI OPENED UP TO HIS TEAMMAT AND MELBOURNE UNED STAFF ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH STGGL, WHERE HE TRIED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.“I ULDN’T BE WHO I AM, AND I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MY LIFE. THE MA REASON BEHD ME BEG SO LOW AND BEG THAT POT IS BEE I WAS VERY MUCH STGGLG WH MY SEXUALY AND G TO TERMS WH THE FACT THAT I’M GAY," HE SAID.“I HATED ABOUT MYSELF. I WAS DISGTED AT MYSELF. I THOUGHT THAT I ULD NOT BE THAT PERSON WH OUR ENVIRONMENT, WH A BASKETBALL ENVIRONMENT. IT WASN’T UNTIL I WAS A MUNY THAT’S FULL OF PRI AND HAPPS AND JOY; WAS A BIG WAKE UP LL FOR ME."MELBOURNE UNED’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NICK TELSON SAID THE ANISATN WAS "WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTIVE" OF HUMPHRI."TODAY IS AN CREDIBLE STEP ISAAC’S JOURNEY, AND WE AS A CLUB ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM. NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF OUR CLUB, BUT AS A PERSON. THIS IS A MOMENTO OCSN FOR HIM PERSONALLY, BUT ALSO FOR MALE SPORT ON A GLOBAL SLE.”READ MOREQATAR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN HAS A MSAGE FOR FOOTBALL FANS AHEAD OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP“FOR THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY TO FALLY HAVE REPRENTATN PROFSNAL MALE BASKETBALL IS WONRFUL. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME G, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT OUR CLUB N BE AT THE FOREONT OF BEG ALLI THIS AREA.”PRI SPORT - THE NATNAL NOT-FOR-PROF THAT SUPPORTS ATRALIAN SPORTG ANISATNS LGBTIQ+ CLN - RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT NGRATULATED HUMPHRI ON HIS "BRAVERY"."PRI SPORT APPLDS MELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI FOR HIS URAGE AND LEARSHIP BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE NBL PLAYER," NATNAL PROGRAM MANAGER BE NEWELL SAID."HIS BRAVERY IS TO BE NGRATULATED AND HIS JOURNEY SHOWS THE UNFORTUNATE REALY THAT MANY ATHLET FACE WHEN THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ENJOY THE SPORT THEY LOVE AS THEIR TE SELV."LGBTIQ+ ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT WH MENTAL HEALTH N NTACT QLIFE ON 1800 184 527 OR VIS . ALSO HAS A LIST OF SUPPORT SERVIC.INTERSEX ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT N VIS INTERSEX PEER SUPPORT ATRALIA AT SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 16 NOVEMBER 2022 11:45AMBY JSI BAHRSOURCE: SBS NEWSAVAILABLE OTHER LANGUAGTAGSATRALIAMELBOURNESHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU
• EX-KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY
• ISAAC HUMPHRI: MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER OUT AS GAY
• THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NBL-BASKETBALLER IS ATRALIAN MELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI
• OPENLY GAY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI LASH NBL TEAM CAIRNS TAIPANS FOR REFG TO WEAR PRI JERSEY
• ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY
• FIRST OPENLY GAY NBL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI PRAISED BY BOOMER SAM FROLG
• NBL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI ‘DISAPPOTED’ BY CAIRNS REJECTN OF PRI JERSEY
• ‘NOW I FEEL FORTABLE’: BASKETBALL STAR ISAAC HUMPHRI LD AFTER G OUT AS GAY

MELBOURNE UNED'S ISAAC HUMPHRI ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

Olgun Uluc, ESPN Basketball InsirNov 15, 2022, 07:40 PM ETMelbourne Uned's Isaac Humphri has shared publicly that he is gay, beg the only openly gay player a top-tier men's basketball league. Inevably, I n help a lot of people and be someone they n look to as an example of someone who n be gay sport, be gay basketball. "The 24-year-old is only the send male basketball player to say he is gay while playg a top-tier league; the first sce NBA player Jason Colls, who did so 2013.

SPORTMELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI TELLS TEAMMAT HE IS GAY EMOTNAL SPEECH

"I would love to have had more versns of me to show me that was OK to be gay basketball, " Humphri said.

But, I want to be proud two-three weeks time how we've embraced , and six months' time, and a year's time; I'm more exced about how we will feel toward Isaac and potentially other gay basketballers the future more than right this send.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

The ma reason behd me beg so low and beg that pot is bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I'm gay.

In 2021, Carl Nassib beme the first openly gay player the NFL; the same year, Le Prokop also said he was gay, beg the first NHL player to do so.

MELBOURNE UNED NBL STAR ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY

In Atralia, Humphri jos footballer Josh Cavallo as the only openly gay male athlet across the untry's major sportg leagu.

Melbourne Uned player Isaac Humphri has revealed he is gay durg an emotnal speech to his NBL pots:Isaac Humphri joed Melbourne Uned this year, and spent time at the Atlanta Hawks the NBAHumphri is the first openly gay male to be playg the NBL, and send to play any top-tier league the worldHumphri said he wanted to set a good example for other young athlet stgglg wh their sexualyThe power forward said he had been through "dark tim", as he beme the only openly gay male profsnal basketball player a top tier league the world.

But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr.

MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY: 'I AM NOW HAPPY WH WHO I AM'

Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg . The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch. So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out.

In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him. One of the hight-profile male football players publicly clarg himself as gay is German footballer Thomas Hzlsperger.

WHO IS ISAAC HUMPHRI? MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER OUT AS GAY

Later, after wng the 2014 MLS Cup, Rodgers also beme the first gay male to w the league tle the USA. Anton Hysen is the youngt son of retired Swedish footballer Glenn Hysen and one of the gay players football. Later, he was profiled on Swedish broadstg channel TV4 March 2011 a bate show (Can gays play football too?

Likewise, he also participated the 7th edn of the realy TV show Lets Dance and beme the first-ever gay to w the ntt. In 1990, Jt broke the barrier the footballg World when he clared himself gay publicly the newspaper. Later, on 22nd October 1990, The Sun Tabloid newspaper published the headle “£1m Football Star: I AM GAY”.

Likewise, The Jt Fashanu All-stars football special event started Brighton to honor him and promote homosexualy football. In June 2020, former profsnal footballer Tomas Beattie me out as gay durg an Amerin sports channel ESPN terview.

'I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF': MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAYTHE MELBOURNE UNED POWER FORWARD IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS SHARED AN EMOTNAL VIO G OUT AS GAY. SOURCE: GETTY / KELLY DEFAKEY POTSMELBOURNE BASKETBALLER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS SHARED A VIO G OUT AS GAY TO HIS TEAMMAT.HE SAID WHILE HE HAD STGGLED TO ACCEPT HIS SEXUALY THE PAST, HE WANTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS. HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.THIS ARTICLE NTAS REFERENC TO SUICI.MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI HAS E OUT AS GAY, SHARG AN EMOTNAL VIO ACROSS HIS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER THE NATNAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.IN THE VIO, THE 24-YEAR-OLD TELLS HIS TEAMMAT THAT WHILE HE HAD BEEN THROUGH "DARK TIM" THE PAST AND STGGLED TO ACCEPT HIS SEXUALY, HE NOW WANTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS."THE TTH IS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OTHER WORLDS THAT ARE STGGLG EVERY SGLE DAY AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET UP, DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXIST, AND I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS AND I WANT TO REPRENT THOSE PEOPLE," HUMPHRI SAID."THAT'S MY GOAL BEHD THIS, MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW YOU N BE WHATEVER YOU WANT, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WANT YOU DO."YOU N BE 'BIG ICE' AND BE GAY, AND YOU N STILL BE A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER AND BE GAY. YOU N DO WHATEVER YOU WANT."HUMPHRI JOED MELBOURNE UNED JULY AFTER PREVLY PLAYG FOR THE ALAI 36ERS AND SEVERAL UNED STAT TEAMS, CLUDG THE ATLANTA HAWKS THE NBA.HE SAID MOVG TO THE NEW TEAM HAD MOTIVATED HIM TO E OUT PUBLICLY."I CID IF I'M GOG TO JO A TEAM, I'M GOG TO E OUT PUBLICLY, AND JT MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU N LIVE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HI JT BEE YOU'RE AN ATHLETE," HE SAID."I JT WANT TO BE MYSELF. I'VE DISVERED THIS IS MY PURPOSE LIFE AND I'M GOG TO GIVE MY BT GO."READ MORE'FOOTBALL IS FOR EVERYBODY': WORLD REACTS TO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO G OUT AS GAYHUMPHRI OPENED UP TO HIS TEAMMAT AND MELBOURNE UNED STAFF ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH STGGL, WHERE HE TRIED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.“I ULDN’T BE WHO I AM, AND I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MY LIFE. THE MA REASON BEHD ME BEG SO LOW AND BEG THAT POT IS BEE I WAS VERY MUCH STGGLG WH MY SEXUALY AND G TO TERMS WH THE FACT THAT I’M GAY," HE SAID.“I HATED ABOUT MYSELF. I WAS DISGTED AT MYSELF. I THOUGHT THAT I ULD NOT BE THAT PERSON WH OUR ENVIRONMENT, WH A BASKETBALL ENVIRONMENT. IT WASN’T UNTIL I WAS A MUNY THAT’S FULL OF PRI AND HAPPS AND JOY; WAS A BIG WAKE UP LL FOR ME."MELBOURNE UNED’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NICK TELSON SAID THE ANISATN WAS "WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTIVE" OF HUMPHRI."TODAY IS AN CREDIBLE STEP ISAAC’S JOURNEY, AND WE AS A CLUB ARE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM. NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF OUR CLUB, BUT AS A PERSON. THIS IS A MOMENTO OCSN FOR HIM PERSONALLY, BUT ALSO FOR MALE SPORT ON A GLOBAL SLE.”READ MOREQATAR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN HAS A MSAGE FOR FOOTBALL FANS AHEAD OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP“FOR THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY TO FALLY HAVE REPRENTATN PROFSNAL MALE BASKETBALL IS WONRFUL. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME G, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT OUR CLUB N BE AT THE FOREONT OF BEG ALLI THIS AREA.”PRI SPORT - THE NATNAL NOT-FOR-PROF THAT SUPPORTS ATRALIAN SPORTG ANISATNS LGBTIQ+ CLN - RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT NGRATULATED HUMPHRI ON HIS "BRAVERY"."PRI SPORT APPLDS MELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI FOR HIS URAGE AND LEARSHIP BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE NBL PLAYER," NATNAL PROGRAM MANAGER BE NEWELL SAID."HIS BRAVERY IS TO BE NGRATULATED AND HIS JOURNEY SHOWS THE UNFORTUNATE REALY THAT MANY ATHLET FACE WHEN THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ENJOY THE SPORT THEY LOVE AS THEIR TE SELV."LGBTIQ+ ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT WH MENTAL HEALTH N NTACT QLIFE ON 1800 184 527 OR VIS . ALSO HAS A LIST OF SUPPORT SERVIC.INTERSEX ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT N VIS INTERSEX PEER SUPPORT ATRALIA AT SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 16 NOVEMBER 2022 11:45AMBY JSI BAHRSOURCE: SBS NEWSAVAILABLE OTHER LANGUAGTAGSATRALIAMELBOURNESHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

Furthermore, he is one of the send Brish football players to publicly e out as gay after Jt Fashanu did 30 years ago. Therefore, a suable environment should be created through tn as a drivg factor, so gay footballers don’t feel prsured to reveal their sexualy.

EX-KENTUCKY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI OUT AS GAY

Melbourne Uned star Isaac Humphri has revealed he is gay, beg the only openly gay player a top-tier men’s basketball league. The ma reason behd me beg so low and beg that pot is bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I’m gay. Humphri is jt the send male basketball player to e out as gay while playg a top-tier league after NBA veteran Jason Colls me out 2013.

Alai Uned footballer Josh Cavallo beme the only openly gay player the A-League petn when he me out last year.

ISAAC HUMPHRI: MELBOURNE UNED BASKETBALL PLAYER OUT AS GAY

Isaac Humphri, who played llege basketball Ameri, has bee the first active male basketball player a top-tier league to e out as gay. Atralian Isaac Humphri has bee the first active male basketball player a top-tier league to e out as gay. The Melbourne Uned startg centre had rmed his team-mat and ma an announcement via a vio on social 24-year-old be the first openly gay player Atralia's Natnal Basketball League (NBL) and is the send active athlete Atralia to publicly announce he is gay, after A-League footballer Josh Cavallo me out October 2021.

Blackpool's Jake Daniels out as gayJosh Cavallo excliveFootball mt bee more welg for LGBT+ players"I believe is fely time to make a change and set an example to the next generatn that they n be anythg they want while still beg te to themselv, " Humphri said. Humphri is one of the few male basketball players to publicly announce he is gay while still playg a top-tier league.

Atralian profsnal basketball player Isaac Humphri clared that he is gay through a social media post on Wednday. “I have fally e to a pot where I know I n reveal myself as a gay man and still play profsnal sport, ” he further add.

THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NBL-BASKETBALLER IS ATRALIAN MELBOURNE UNED PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI

I was around some of the most succsful people the world – everyone om micians, televisn and film producers, media personali, A-list celebri – and got to see that beg openly gay n e wh joy, ” wrote Humphri the said article.

Key PotsMelbourne basketballer Isaac Humphri has shared a vio g out as gay to his said while he had stggled to accept his sexualy the past, he wanted to set an example for others. Melbourne Uned basketball player Isaac Humphri has e out as gay, sharg an emotnal vio across his social media channels.

He is the first openly gay male player the Natnal Basketball the vio, the 24-year-old tells his teammat that while he had been through "dark tim" the past and stggled to accept his sexualy, he now wanted to set an example for others.

OPENLY GAY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI LASH NBL TEAM CAIRNS TAIPANS FOR REFG TO WEAR PRI JERSEY

The ma reason behd me beg so low and beg that pot is bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I’m gay, " he said. "Pri Sport applds Melbourne Uned player Isaac Humphri for his urage and learship beg the first openly gay male NBL player, " natnal program manager Be Newell said.

Isaac Humphri, a centre for Melbourne Uned and a former basketball player for Kentucky, revealed he is gay at an emotnal meetg wh his teammat. “The ma reason behd me beg so low and beg that pot is bee I was very much stgglg wh my sexualy and g to terms wh the fact that I am gay. He retorts he felt challenged to tell his team about his s3xual orientatn orr to monstrate to ease the burn of other gay people.

ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY

Humphri prevly played for Alai 36ers and Lakeland Magic before jog Melbourne is the send male basketball player to e out as gay while playg after Jason Colls, who me out April 2013. Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo beme the first active top-flight male profsnal footballer to e out as gay October 2021.

Cavallo later spired Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, who is the UK's only openly gay active male profsnal footballer.

As the first openly gay basketball player the NBL, he hop his announcement will mean players to e will feel more fortable exprsg their te selv whilst still playg ele this era beg open about sexualy is a much more mon thg, there are still some sport nich that rema behd the eight of you that do not follow basketball may not know that there has not been an openly gay player the NBL, ever. However, Humphri is currently the only openly gay male profsnal basketballer playg a top-tier league, across the entire world. “Over my entire reer, there was no realy that existed where I uld be an openly gay man while playg basketball.

FIRST OPENLY GAY NBL PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI PRAISED BY BOOMER SAM FROLG

That was the se this week, when Atralian pro basketball player Isaac Humphri me out as gay to his Melbourne Uned teammat an emotnal locker room speech. He tails beg a “dark place” a few years ago and attemptg suici over stgglg wh beg gay and a profsnal athlete, before fdg a muny that helped him through .

Over football, NFL player Carl Nassib me out as gay last year, beg the first gay player on an active NFL roster. “No matter who you are and what you do—you n be ‘Big Ice’ and be gay and you n still be a great basketball player and be gay, ” he says.

NBL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER ISAAC HUMPHRI ‘DISAPPOTED’ BY CAIRNS REJECTN OF PRI JERSEY

I'm sure your msage will help a lot the fight agast homophobia and sexual orientatn discrimatn, both the world of sports and society ?️‍??? — P Gasol (@pgasol) November 16, 2022. And as a fun bon, Humphri is also a mician and has his own versn of “O Holy Night” out, se you want to make the yuleti even more gay.

Asie Basketball's first openly gay player jos major sponsor lashg NBL team Cairns Taipans for REFUSING to wear Pri Round jerseyMelbourne Uned player Isaac Humphri me out as gay earlier this season The NBL announced a Pri Round, but Cairns players refed to wear the jersey Humphri and Cairns' major sponsor have both lashed the club for their actns Published: 03:51 BST, 27 January 2023 | Updated: 03:51 BST, 27 January 2023.

‘NOW I FEEL FORTABLE’: BASKETBALL STAR ISAAC HUMPHRI LD AFTER G OUT AS GAY

The first openly gay Atralian basketball player has slammed NBL si Cairns Taipans after the playg group elected to unanimoly shun the gural Pri Round jersey on the weekend.

Melbourne Uned centre Isaac Humphri me out as gay earlier this season and suggted the Taipans cisn to shield players who refed to wear the jersey lacked urage. He is the NBL's first openly gay player Taipans players elected not to wear the Pri jersey, which clud a small rabow logo of sponsor ChampnInstead, the Taipans players elected to refe to wear the jersey as a group to rema unified and not have teammat sgled out. Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo has publicly announced he is gay, beg the first footballer to open up about their sexualy while playg the A-League Men pots:Josh Cavallo says he "uldn't be happier" wh his cisn to publicly announce that he is gayHis club has stood wh Cavallo, wh ach Carl Veart sayg he has "nothg but admiratn and support" for his player In 2019, former Newstle player Andy Brennan me out about his sexualyThe midfielr has played 19 gam for the Reds sce makg the move to Alai om Wtern A-League club said stood alongsi Cavallo for beg te to himself, and would ntue to love and support him as a member of s diverse fay.

"In 2019, former Newstle Jets player Andy Brennan publicly me out as gay after his A-League Men reer was over. NBL players have supported Isaac Humphri' cisn to e out as gay to his team mat, sayg will help young players stgglg wh their sexualy.