Gay nba players 2024

15 basketball players you didn’t know were gay Originally published by Ian S in March and Updated by Ian S in May Lately, the LGBTQ community is widely present in sports all over the world, with the majority of athletes coming out in the open to declare their orientation, unlike in the old days. Six gay pro basketball players who have been out while playing.

When John Amaechi came out publicly in , he was ahead of his time, sharing that he is gay and a former pro basketball player. A professional athlete who swam for Zimbabwe at the Rio Olympics, Sean Gunn came out as gay in March of Here’s a complete list of all out gay players in the league, broken down by team. For my purposes, “Out” means confirmed by the player either in an interview or on their social media.

Okay, so today I decided to dive into this whole “who is gay in the NBA” thing. It’s a topic that pops up now and then, and I wanted to see what I could find out just by poking around online. My Little Investigation I started with a simple Google search. You know, just typed in “gay NBA players” to see what would come up. The first few results were mostly about Jason Collins and a.

The couple reportedly tied the knot over the Memorial Day weekend in a ceremony in Austin, Texas, after the two had been together for more than a decade. Collins came out in a personal essay for Sports Illustrated in , which made him the first openly gay athlete in a major American team sport. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue.

He had started his NBA career in with the Nets, who were still in New Jersey at the time, where he spent parts of seven seasons with the organization before stints with the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Hawks and Celtics. Collins returned to the Nets in for one final run in Brooklyn before retiring that same year.

Here’s a complete list

Collins started dating Green in and described how the two met in a Sports Illustrated interview in , according to The Independent. The ceremony was attended by family and friends, including longtime teammate Richard Jefferson, according to Outsports. Actress Octavia Spencer also posted a picture on Instagram from the day , in which Viola Davis commented on the post.

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