First Gay Athlete comes out

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First Gay Athlete comes out

Posted: 4/29/13 at 11:45am

somehow you knew it would be an NBAer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2013/04/29/jason-collins-comes-out-nba-player-says-im-gay/?wprss=rss_sports

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Updated On: 4/29/13 at 11:45 AM

#2

First Gay Athlete comes out

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:40pm

He's not the first gay athlete. We had a player on the Jaguars that was out. There have been plenty more who have come out. Now- he may be the first NBA player to come out- but I can't say that for sure.

#3

First Gay Athlete comes out

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:43pm

Yeah I think the "first gay athlete" is quite a stretch. What about Alan Gendreau?

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First Gay Athlete comes out

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:47pm

very true... point taken... shouldve said, first active gay athlete in a major sport comes out.

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#5

First Gay Athlete comes out

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:49pm

Not sure who on the Jaguars was out, but Collins is considered the first player in one of the major teams sports (football, baseball, basketball, hockey) to come out of the closet. Certainly, there have been openly gay athletes in the past, most notably Martina Navratilova.

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#6

First Gay Athlete comes out

Posted: 4/29/13 at 7:42pm

I believe he is also the first athlete to come out while still actively playing, and not after he was retired.

#7

Stop Feeding The Troll

Posted: 4/29/13 at 7:51pm

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#8

Stop Feeding The Troll

Posted: 4/29/13 at 8:13pm

madbrian- the Jaguars player was Esera Tuaolo- but it was after he played and he came out at retirement. I was thinking that there were plenty of gay athletes who had come out before and that's why I didn't believe the title of the thread was correct.

#9

Stop Feeding The Troll

Posted: 4/29/13 at 8:17pm

I'm pretty sure both Martina Navratilova and Billy Jean King would argue the point.

#10

Stop Feeding The Troll

Posted: 4/29/13 at 8:36pm

Greg Louganis?

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#11

Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 12:56pm

Maybe Collins should get together with Tim Tebow - the anti-gay "christian" football hero who has a fetish for following his team-mates into the showers and offering to personally circumcise them.

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#12

Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 1:19pm

AEA's post is the most correct: Collins is the first male team-sport athlete to come out while still actively playing. "First gay athlete" sounds great, but it's not accurate. Athletes have come out after retiring, and there are non-team athletes (like Orlando Cruz) who are out. And there are more than a few female athletes, team-sport and non-team, who are out: Sheryl Swoops came out in 2005 while she was still actively playing in the WNBA.

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#13

Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:01pm

""Maybe Collins should get together with Tim Tebow""

I know this was said in jest, but wouldnt it be great if they did get together and denounce bigotry on both sides? both guys are universally known in the lockerroom as kind and giving fellows. that would truly make a difference.

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Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:03pm

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Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:05pm

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Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:14pm

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Updated On: 4/30/13 at 02:14 PM

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Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:15pm

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Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:39pm

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Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:40pm

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Updated On: 4/30/13 at 02:40 PM

#20

Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:43pm

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#21

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Posted: 4/30/13 at 3:08pm

#22

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Posted: 4/30/13 at 3:09pm

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#23

Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 3:17pm

>> "Maybe Collins should get together with Tim Tebow

I know this was said in jest, but wouldnt it be great if they did get together and denounce bigotry on both sides? both guys are universally known in the lockerroom as kind and giving fellows. that would truly make a difference. "

Maybe this is suestorm's nomination for "Best Score", even if no one believes she should win "Best Musical"...

I'm just sayin'...

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and for the record... Collins is most certainly NOT the first athlete to "come out". My preferred gay athlete is Gareth Thomas... yum

Updated On: 4/30/13 at 03:17 PM

#24

Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 3:43pm

LOL, good one!

Just imagine if they did, it would be like when Daddy Bush and Clinton did that tour together after 9/11

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Gay athletes

Posted: 4/30/13 at 3:56pm

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