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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.

Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so. "He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay.

In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay! Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out. "I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay, " he wrote a heartfelt msage on social media.

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When former llege basketball pta Quadry Allen was outed to his fay, his brothers the Boston Gay Basketball League took him . * gay basketball boys *

The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract.

The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. "He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay.

Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past.

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Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone. Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher.

He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U. 2) De Blue DevilsIn 2009 a wrer observed how De men’s basketball players seem to have been subjected to more homophobia than most, wh Christian Laettner, Brian Davis, Bobby Hurley and J. In football, head ach Nick Saban has said his team would treat a gay player “wh digny and rpect.

7) Michigan State Spartans Michigan State has had multiple out gay cheerlears for the Spartans, cludg Jeff Snyr and Jab Michael.

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10) Davidson WildtsIn 2020, unrgrad Mandy Me penned this op-ed about beg gay at Davidson, an experience she scribed as “prent” but “muted. 11) Rutgers Srlet KnightsIn 2013, men’s head basketball ach Mike Rice was fired for some poor choic, cludg g a gay slur.

11) Notre Dame Fightg IrishWhen gay Notre Dame tennis player Matt Dooley me out 2014, he broke a barrier for the Fightg Irish that other LGBTQ athlet have walked through.

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14) Montana State Bobts Former Montana State football player Brandon Davis me out publicly as gay 2016. 2) Villanova WildtsFormer Villanova basketball player Will Sheridan was one of the first former Divisn I llege basketball players to e out as gay, ultimately ducted to the Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame. 8) Seton Hall PiratSeton Hall is one of only two men’s Divisn I basketball teams to have a publicly out gay player — Derrick Gordon.

11) Michigan WolverMichigan head football ach Jim Harbgh is a supportive father of his gay son, wh Jim Jr. 13) UT-Chattanooga MocsThe Universy of Tennsee at Chattanooga has a gay and straight alliance lled “Spectm. 16) Bryant BulldogsBryant men’s basketball assistant ach Chris Burns me out publicly as gay 2015.

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3) Wisns BadgersUniversy of Wisns director of basketball operatns for the men’s team Marc VanWetterg is the (currently) rare publicly out gay man Divisn I men’s basketball.

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6) LSU TigersWomen’s head basketball ach Kim Mulkey brought a Hall of Fame rerd and a history of homophobia to her achg gig at LSU. Football ach Ed Orgeron was shown the door after he behaved like a homophobic jerk.

9) Creighton BluejaysIn 2021, Creighton stunts elected their first out gay print of the stunt body, sophomore Francis Pastor-Rivera.

4) UCLA BsUCLA has a long history of supportg LGBTQ people sports, much of aid by the prence of out gay softball ach Kirk Walker, who ns the Sports Equaly Foundatn. 8) UNC Tar heelsFor s the Universy of North Carola at Chapel Hill had an out gay admistrator Dave Lohse.

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13) Akron ZipsIn 2014, Akron played host to the Gay Gam, along wh the cy of Cleveland. 16) Norfolk State SpartansNorfolk State men’s basketball SID Thomas Wehner is publicly out as gay.

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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