UMass Player First Openly Gay Male Athlete In D-I Men’s Basketball

This is the happiest I have ever been in my 22 Years of living…No more HIDING!!!…Just want to live… http://t.co/rR9KO8nGCu

— Derrick Gordon (@flash2gordon) April 9, 2014

Derrick Gordon has come forward to let his teammates know of his unique status.

The sophomore shooting guard broke the news to his teammates in a meeting on April 2, during which UMass coach Derek Kellogg, who has a wife of nine years, broke the ice by first telling his players, “I wanted to let you all know I’m gay.”

Gordon, taking the cue, jumped in: “No, he’s not. But I am.”

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.