Jason Collins opened a door. Many LGBTQ athletes still don’t feel safe walking through it more than a decade later

NHL and MLB, only two active male players have come out as gay.

In 2021, Carl Nassib became the NFL’s first active openly gay player after spending five seasons in the league before his announcement. That same year, Luke Prokop became the first player under an NHL contract to come out as gay, though he has yet to appear in a regular-season game.

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