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

they don’t feel safe,” he said in 2019. “All of us know what it’s like to walk into a room and feel uneasy, and in that moment, we wanted to feel welcome. So, if you have an opportunity to feel welcome or to bring them in, please do that.”

At the time, several major sports governing bodies, including the International Olympic Committee and NCAA, subjected continue reading …