UMass
Player First Openly Gay
Male Athlete in D1
Men’s Basketball
University of Massachusetts Minuteman Derrick Gordon
stepped forward as the
First Openly gay
Male Athlete in Division 1 men's basketball
The sophomore shooting guard broke the news to his teammates in a meeting on April 2, during which
UMass coach Derek Kellogg, who has a wife of nine years, broke the ice by
First telling his players, "I wanted to let you all k**w I'm gay."
Gordon, taking the cue, jumped in: "**, he's **t. But I am."
This is the happiest I have ever been in my 22 Years of living...** more HIDING!!!...Just want to live… http://t.co/rR9KO8nGCu
— Derrick Gordon (@flash2gordon) April 9, 2014 Read more...
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