Tag: basketball

He's the first professional basketballer to come out as gay in Israel Uri Kokia became the first Israeli professional basketballer to come out as gay on Wednesday (29 November). The 36-year-old is a striker for Hapoel, the second division of Israel’s Ramat Gan. ‘After many years of fear, I am now completely calm,’ he said in an interview with ynet.co.il. ‘I want to show you can make a long and glorious career as a gay man. ‘The fear of coming out of the...

College basketball player Nathan Fort has faced fear, assault and homophobia. Yet, he managed to move on with his life and come to terms with his sexuality and his authentic self. In high school, Nathan Fort had a hard time, as he liked boys but he could not express his feelings. He found refuge in sports and religion, not denying to himself that he liked boys. But he was confused and felt lonely. "Even with some friends and attention, I felt like...

It was my year to become tenured as a long term high school guidance counselor. I loved my job. I got to work with all different types of kids.  The bright, the disadvantaged, the ones who were brilliant, or challenged, gifted, or slow. I loved working with all of them. I knew everything about them as they rolled in and out of my office, needing college application advice or how to do the bare minimum to make sure they...