LONDON, UK — Among the messages of support NBA pro Jason Collins received this week after becoming the first US male athlete on a major professional team to publicly come out as gay was this tweet from Wales. “Hope that @jasoncollins34 life is easier and fulfilled now,” tweeted former Welsh rugby player Gareth Thomas. “I know mine was. I wish
Before Jason Collins, Some Of Europe’s Gay Athletes Came Out
But for professional football players, the type of acceptance that gay athletes such as Collins have found still seems a long way off.