Jason Collins 'I'm Gay', First Openly Gay Male Pro Athlete
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Channel: Secular Talk · 2013 · News & Politics
Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran, is the first active male athlete in a major American team sport to come out as gay. Collins made the announcement in a first-person essay for Sports Illustrated that appeared online Monday. "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay," Collins wrote in the first paragraph of the story that will run in the May 6 issue. It is co-written with Franz Lidz.... Read More At: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2013/04/29/jason-collins-gay-athlete/2121127/ Clip from the Monday, April 29th 2013 edition of The Kyle Kulinski Show, which airs live on Blog Talk Radio and Secular Talk Radio monday - friday 5-7pm Eastern. Check out our website - and become a member - at: http://www.SecularTalkRadio.com Listen to the Live Show or On Demand archive at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kylekulinski Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kylekulinski Like on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SecularTalk