From Jason Collins To Brittney Griner: Black LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Competed On Their Own Terms

From Jason Collins To Brittney Griner: Black LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Competed On Their Own Terms

Source: Ali Gradischer / Getty Pride Month is always a celebration, but in sports, it also comes with a reminder of how much courage it has taken for some athletes to simply exist out loud. For a long time, being gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary or anywhere under the LGBTQ+ umbrella was treated like something that had to be whispered about, hidden from sponsors, kept out of locker rooms and separated from the athlete’s actual greatness. Tha…