Derrick Gordon is young, talented and gay. He tells Outsports’ Cyd Zeigler that life in the closet and teasing from his teammates almost caused him to quit basketball.

Coming out to his UMass team and the public makes Gordon the first openly gay man to play in one of the major sports in NCAA Division I.

Watch Gordon talk about his journey in this video interview.

You can read more about Gordon here.

— Posted by Peter Z. Scheer

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