First (openly) gay athlete in American sports

[XMark]

Wait, wasn't Dennis Rodman kind of not exactly completely straight in some capacity?

I'm absolutely stunned that this is actually the FIRST openly gay athlete in American sports. I wonder if we'll see a few more come out of the closet now that someone finally opened the closet door?

 

[tippy2k2]

It's less big 4 and more ignoring women's sports. A quick google puts up a couple openly gay women in the WNBA.

That too.

Soccer gets 0 respect here in America and I'm pretty sure that Woman's sports are placed below soccer

Evidently Sheryl Swoopes' in 2005 came out of the closet during her WNBA career.