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Coming Out in the NBA

Published May 2, 2013 at 11:03 AM EDT

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Normanshares his thoughts on NBA player Jason Collins becoming the first active athlete in any of America's four major professional sports leagues to acknowledge his homosexuality. He'll discuss what it means for the LGBT community as well as the African American community.

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