From Jason Collins To Brittney Griner: Black LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Competed On Their Own Terms

From Jason Collins To Brittney Griner: Black LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Competed On Their Own Terms

Source: Ali Gradischer / Getty Pride Month is always a celebration, but in sports, it also comes with a reminder of how much courage it has taken for some athletes to simply exist out loud. For a long time, being gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary or anywhere under the LGBTQ+ umbrella was treated like something that had to be whispered about, hidden from sponsors, kept out of locker rooms and separated from the athlete’s actual greatness. Tha…

From Brittney Griner To Jason Collins: Bomb Black LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Competed On Their Own Terms

Source: Ali Gradischer / Getty Pride Month is always a celebration, but in sports, it also comes with a reminder of how much courage it has taken for some athletes to simply exist out loud. For a long time, being gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary or anywhere under the LGBTQ+ umbrella was treated like something that had to be whispered about, hidden from sponsors, kept out of locker rooms and separated from the athlete’s actual greatness. Tha…