NBA Veteran Jason Collins coming out

NBA twelve year veteran center Jason Collins has came out today and announced he is gay becoming the first male athlete in professional sports to come out as gay while being active as a player. This is a monumental moment in the sports industry because when role models such as Collins have things like this all built up, it is hard for them to let out, as they are uncertain how the media and the rest of society surrounding them will react to it. In the article I read about this news off USA Today Collins said, "I even got engaged. 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." This shows he had some insecurity about living his life the way he should and just since it was the social norm to marry the opposite sex he believed back then he should do that. After the news was surfaced all over the media he got major support from athletes all over the country supporting him and his decision to stand up for himself and be his own person. Collins who played this last season with the Washington Wizards also got much support from their organization, and as Collins will be a free-agent this offseason it will be interesting to see where he goes from here. It might be weird for some of the players to hear about this news, but you can do nothing except support someone like this who was the courage to do something like this as an active player so i'm sure he will be able to stand up for others in a similar situation that he was in.