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First Openly Gay Professional Male Athlete In Major Sport

Happy Panther

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Not really. Unless one may think this is special because the guy is still playing.

John Amaechi played in the NBA for 5 seasons.

Former NFL players Roy Simmons came out in 1992, Esera Tuaolo in 2002, Wade Davis in 2012 and Kwame Harris this year.

Former MLB player Billy Bean came out years ago as well.

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Not really. Unless one may think this is special because the guy is still playing.

John Amaechi played in the NBA for 5 seasons.

Former NFL players Roy Simmons came out in 1992, Esera Tuaolo in 2002, Wade Davis in 2012 and Kwame Harris this year.

Former MLB player Billy Bean came out years ago as well.

That's the whole point.

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Anybodyhome Grand Master

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That's the whole point.

Yes of course it is. That's why this is a headline today.

Maybe I'm missing the point, then. Who gives a fug if the guy is still playing or not?

I'm a heterosexual male who spent 20 years in the Navy. Is that supposed to mean something? I don't recall ever being asked what my sexual orientation was during those 20 years and I'm sure I probably served alongside a number of gay servicemen. But why would I ever have a need to know and why would I ask?

Maybe because I don't think it's that big a deal. Someone announcing they're gay to me is like telling me I'm white, or right-handed, or Irish, or tall... who cares?

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Maybe I'm missing the point, then. Who gives a fug if the guy is still playing or not?

I'm a heterosexual male who spent 20 years in the Navy. Is that supposed to mean something? I don't recall ever being asked what my sexual orientation was during those 20 years and I'm sure I probably served alongside a number of gay servicemen. But why would I ever have a need to know and why would I ask?

Maybe because I don't think it's that big a deal. Someone announcing they're gay to me is like telling me I'm white, or right-handed, or Irish, or tall... who cares?

But think how much easier your life would have been if you has admitted to the world you were a right-handed-Irishman while you were still in the service?

But really, that's not the same at all. Gay youths kill themselves at a significantly higher rate than the rest of the population, because as a whole, it is still a "big deal". To have a current athlete come out, is a step in the direction of making it a smaller deal, and in time, a commonplace occurrence.

It's good to see the Huddle is generally looking at this as a positive, but we all know that there are still millions in this country who do not, and will not accept the gay "lifestyle".

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