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How Jason Collins changed the game for LGBTQ athletes and became a living legend

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If there are three things Jason Collins knows how to beat, it’s basketball, homophobia, and, as it turns out, COVID-19.In March 2020, the retired NBA star revealed that he and his boyfriend, Brunson Green, had contracted the virus while visiting New York in early March.

Collins was there to serve as special guest of Brooklyn’s Pride Night game against the Grizzlies, when he learned several players later tested positive. “That’s when we connected the dots that we have it,” Collins told the New York Daily News, before describing the symptoms that came along with it. “It felt like I got punched by Mike Tyson.

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