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Emotional moment Aussie basketball star makes history by becoming the first openly gay player in the NBL – as he tells his teammates he struggled so badly he attempted to end it all
- Melbourne United star Isaac Humphries made announcement to teammates
- Revealed he hated himself over his sexuality before coming to accept it
- Only the second openly gay player in any top-tier league in basketball history
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Melbourne United’s Isaac Humphries hopes his decision to publicly announce that he’s gay will pave the way for more professional sportsmen to do the same.
United’s starting centre, Humphries became the the first openly gay player in NBL history – and only the second player to do so in any top-tier competition in the world – when he made his announcement to teammates on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old is the second active athlete in one of Australia’s top sports leagues to come out as gay, joining A-League Men player Josh Cavallo.
‘I believe it is definitely time to make a change and set an example to the next generation that they can be anything they want while still being true to themselves,’ Humphries said.
Humphries (pictured playing for Melbourne United) bravely told his teammates of the huge toll struggling to accept his sexuality had taken on him
‘I want to demonstrate that you can be a professional athlete, you can be anything you want, and still be gay.’
Humphries told teammates he had been through ‘extremely dark times’ and had hidden his sexuality from loved ones and even himself – leading to him contemplating ending it all at one point.
‘It is a truth about myself that I have wanted to deny for a long time, but now I feel…
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