All Jason Collins wanted was to play basketball and be comfortable in his own skin. Ten years after publicly coming out as gay, Collins discusses LGBTQ+ issues in sports with DamonSayles. 'Something that’s needed are allies continuing to speak up.'
Do you feel the NBA has made legitimate strides with equality, DEI procedures, human rights, LGBTQ+ rights, etc.?is leading the way. You’ve got to give the women credit and acknowledge that. Right after the WNBA is the NBA, as far as supporting our athletes and encouraging our athletes to speak up. In the bubble, we changed the names on jerseys. not only with our words but with our actions and with our money.
That is surprising to me. But it also speaks to the work we need to do — because they do exist in the sports leagues. We have to continue to create that environment I saw when I did step forward. One thing that was huge for me was seeing the commissioners, David Stern and Adam Silver, with the language and the fines, I saw that they were creating an atmosphere, if I were to step forward, that I would be supported.
There’s a couple of things. The first thing was seeing him march in the Boston Pride parade as a straight man with Barney Frank, his colleague in Congress at the time. I was so proud of him, watching him do that. When I came out to him, I asked if he was marching again. That was my first big public appearance after making the announcement: marching in the Boston Pride parade. That was incredible. That was an awesome experience to march with my college roommate.
You wore No. 98 to honor Matthew Shepard, and that jersey became a top seller. Do you ever look back and think about how that one decision became so impactful and influential?
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