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The NHL stands alone among the Big 4 men's pro team sports with no out gay players, active or retired, in history. Former Smokers. Thanks to these prominent athletes who are gay, the sports world is becoming more and more accepting of homosexual players.

Famous Disabled Athletes. Athletes Who Have Ended Lives. Professional Athletes Who Passed Young. Nerdiest Athletes. Rogers is a former professional soccer player and the first openly gay man to compete in a top North American professional sports league.

Athletes Who Went Broke. This is a list of notable, openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and transgender sportspeople as well as those who identify as belonging to the broader queer community. Athletes Who Were Murdered. But there is hope.

Athletes Who Committed Suicide. Thanks to these prominent athletes who are gaythe sports world is becoming more and more accepting of homosexual players. Came Out After Retirement. Robbie Roger / Instagram Consequently, Robbie came out as gay back inand inhe married his longtime boyfriend, television writer-producer Greg Berlanti.

Pro football is becoming more inclusive of male players in the LGBTQ+ community. Athletes Who Were Drug Addicts. Diabetic Athletes. And tennis star Billie Jean King was the first female athlete to publicly come out way back in He was the first active athlete to come out as gay in any of the major American sports.

Alleged Members of the Illuminati. Who is the most famous gay athlete? He came out publicly in on The Oprah Show. Michael Sam made headlines in when he became the first openly gay player to be drafted into the Gay. President Obama said he, " congratulates Michael Sam, the Rams and the NFL for taking an important step forward today in our Nation's journey" and that "[f]rom the playing field to the corporate boardroom, LGBT Americans prove everyday that you should be judged by what you do and not who you are.

Athletes Who Are Doctors. Also, he is a television producer. Democrats in Sports. Whether these professional Olympians, tennis greats, and basketball players came out after they retired, or revealed their sexuality during their sports careers, they’ve paved the.

Athletes Who Died on the Field. His announcement provoked mixed reactions from his fellow players and the media. Football star Michael Sam made headlines in when he became the first openly gay athlete to be drafted into the NFL. Olympic diver Greg Louganis is openly gay.