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Football player’s coming-out story disproves every dumb theory about gay athletes

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U.K. soccer’s rainbow laces fiasco

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“Drop Dead Diva” to feature gay professional athlete

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Don’t blame gay advocacy for roster cuts

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Jason Collins fights to the basket against Chicago Bulls' Taj Gibson, April 17, 2013. (Reuters/Jim Young)

179 pro athletes’ reactions to Jason Collins

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I cried when Jason Collins came out

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NFL prospect comes out kicking

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Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal, right, shakes hands with former Lakers head coach Phil Jackson (AP/Mark J. Terrill)

Phil Jackson: I’ve never seen homosexuality in the NBA

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There will never be a “gay Jackie Robinson”

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Does it get better for LGBTQ college athletes?

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