Former NBA center comes out in book

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by turdbucket67

well, when will there be a gay person to have the balls like somebody such as jackie robinson... when one person comes out while playing, there will be others. causing people to accept it more... maybe in 20 years it wont matter anymore.. but until somebody who is gay has the courage to step up and accept the challenge, its not going anywhere

Apparently we have not covered the difference between being gay and being African-American.

If I am African-American, you can tell when you look at me, so you have no choice but to know.

If I am gay, you cannot tell when you look at me, so I have every right to not tell you if I believe that my being openly gay will affect every portion of our professional relationship.

If you're not even getting a rudimentary understanding of the difference between Jackie Robinson and a gay basketball player, then we're heading into the world's single biggest lost-cause conversation.