John Amaechi has just come out publicly as a gay former NBA player. Professional athletics in America is still in the stone age when it comes to homosexuality. Just trying to get some dicussion going as to how others feel about this issue. Details here-
http://www.bgay.com/bnews/news70207_nba ... es_out.htm

You might want to read about Justin Fashanu, also, still the only openly gay British footballer. It doesn't make for a happy story.

This is all I can come up with...

http://www.richardhellergallery.com/dyn ... workID=126

I think there was a gay Samoan football player [American football] at one point. He might not have been Samoan though.

Minotaur029 wrote:I think there was a gay Samoan football player [American football] at one point. He might not have been Samoan though.

Esera Tuaolo, former Packer and Viking lineman. Beautiful singing voice, so i guess we should have known.

The transcript of an ESPN chat with him about coming out is in the link. It's not very interesting, but he does say that had he come out while he was playing he feels like he would have been cut from the team he was on...

Homosexuality in professional sports is gay.

I like lesbian tennis players and I don't care who knows It.

Lady bowlers like to put their fingers in holes.

Someone needs to link this to the thread about the Super Bowl.