LOOK: NBL’s Isaac Humphries comes out as gay, receives touching support across sports circles
In a groundbreaking second in sports, Melbourne United huge man Isaac Humphries got here out publicly as homosexual.
“We, as athletes, as professional athletes, have a responsibility to set examples for people,” Humphries stated.
“The truth is there are so many people in other worlds that are struggling every single day and don’t know how to get up, (and) don’t know how to exist. I know how that feels, and I want to represent those people.”
Upon his declaration, Humphries turns into the primary brazenly homosexual cager within the NBL and presently in all the high skilled males’s basketball leagues world wide.
The revealing of his personal gender id was posted across his social media accounts, whereby Humphries gathered his Melbourne teammates and different staff personnel to boldly reveal the horrors of his previous and the hardships he endured of hiding his true self.
Humphries disclosed that he nearly took his life out of frustration due to being a homosexual roaming across the stigmatic, basketball area, however he discovered causes to proceed dwelling as he landed in an surroundings that embraces every and everybody.
“A few years ago I fell into a very dark place, a very lonely place and I couldn’t be who I am. I attempted to take my life,” he stated. “The main reason behind me becoming so low and being in that point is because I was very much struggling with my sexuality and coming to terms with the fact that I am gay. I hated it about myself. I was disgusted at myself. I thought that I could not be that person within our environment, within a basketball environment.
“It wasn’t until I was in a community that is full of pride and happiness and joy, and it was a big wake up call for me … I decided that if I’m going to join a team, that I’m going to come out publicly and just make sure that people know that you can live and you don’t have to hide just because you’re an athlete.”
Humphries’ courageous admission of his true id serves as the second time that an lively, skilled participant has come out as a homosexual. It was in 2013 when former NBA veteran Jason Collins got here out of his cave to proudly announce that he’s a gay whereas enjoying for the Brooklyn Nets.
Humphries’s announcement drew worldwide admiration, love and respect all through basketball and sports communities.
Humphries, 24, performed his collegiate gig throughout the Kentucky males’s basketball program for 3 years. He went undrafted within the 2017 NBA Draft, although he had a short while enjoying for the Atlanta Hawks within the 2018-19 season.
He joined Melbourne prior this 2022-2023 season of NBL and has been a serviceable presence at entrance for the membership, averaging 12 markers and 5.5 rebounds in an environment friendly 59 p.c taking pictures.
