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

and anyone else who wants to play, and on using sports as a tool for social change.

But he says the level of visibility that comes with that approach is costly.

“I feel a sense of obligation and desire to continue to show up and fight every day. And at the same time, it is exhausting,” he said. “I long for the day where I am not on such high alert for continue reading …