Pride Month 2022 - Athletes who have come out as gay

Author: Aryaki Daw
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Dutee Chand - Professional Indian Sprinter
She came out publicly as a lesbian in 2019, and is recorded as India's 'first openly gay athlete'.
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Jason Collins - Former professional basketball player
This NBA player played twelve seasons before coming out as gay in a Sports Illustrated cover story.
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Tom Daley - British diver
Olympic Gold medallist Daley released a YouTube video In 2013, announcing that he was in a relationship with Dustin Lance Black.
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Robbie Rogers - American soccer player
Rogers announced his retirement at the age of 25 and also came out as gay in a post on his personal blog.
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Orlando Cruz - Puerto Rican boxer
In 2012, he became the first professionally active boxer to come out as gay saying, “I have always been and always will be a proud gay man”.
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Michael Sam - American football player
In the 2014 NFL draft, Michael Sam became the first publicly gay player to ever be drafted into the NFL.
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Steven Davies - English cricketer
Davies came out as gay publicly in 2011 through an article in ‘The Telegraph’, and was the first cricketer ever to do so.
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Dan van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp - South African cricketers
Dane van Niekerk is one of the few female cricketers who has come out in open and announced her gay relationship with her teammate in 2018.
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Nat Sciver and Katherine Brunt - English cricketers
After dating each other for almost five years, Katherine Brunt and Natalie Sciver tied the knot with each other in a private ceremony last Sunday.
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