basketball player Isaac Humphreys Became the first professional player in the Australian League (NBL) in openly admits to being gay, and expressed great relief after taking the step and being able Finally “conjure your sensuality” with your game “Environment”.
In an emotional video published this Wednesday on his social networkss, Humphries, 24, who plays for Melbourne Unitedtold his teammates in the locker room that he was gay, and He acknowledged making the decision after a “very dark period” in which he “even tried to take his own life.”
,I thought it couldn’t be this person in our environment.”Humphreys, who accepted the move thanks to She said, “being part of a community full of pride and joy,” which was “an awakening for me.”
,You can be a great basketball player and be gay, It has nothing to do with your sexuality (…) I just want to be myself,” Humphreys concluded.
Isaac Humphreys becomes the first Australian NBL player to come out as gayIn one of the few instances in the world of professional basketball.
In 2013, NBA player Jason Collins became the first professional athlete in a major American league to come out as gay.
For his part, five-time Olympic champion and global swimming icon, Ian Thorpe, who is also Australian, admitted to being gay in 2014 after years of denying the rumours.
Melbourne United CEO Nick Truelson told several Australian media outlets that “the whole club is proud of him.”
“This is an incredible step in Isaac’s journey,” Truelson said.
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