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Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47
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Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47

NY Times · May 12, 2026, 11:00 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

His achievements on the court were eclipsed by an essay he wrote in Sports Illustrated in 2013 in which he declared: “I’m a 34-year-old N.B.A. center. I’m Black and I’m gay.”

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