Caps #3 Robert Edwards

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay" - Jason Collins. In a interview with Sports Illustrated Collins told the world his secret. Collins at the time wasn't playing in the NBA so we couldn't say he was the first openly gay playing in the NBA. Collins went on to say "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, "I'm different." If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand."

On February 23 Collins signed a 10 day contract With the Brooklyn Nets, making Collins the first openly gay player to play in the NBA. Collins jersey quickly became the vest selling jersey in the NBA. Collins jersey is more then just a jersey,  Collins wears No. 98 in honor of Matthew Shepard, a gay man who was tortured and murdered in 1998 at the age of 21.

I decide to  use this example as a case of a non-dominate group in todays news, for the rest of Collins life he won't be remembers as a good basketball player but he will be labeled as the gay basketball player. I hate to say it but it is true, when you think about Collins you think about the fact he is gay more than anything else. 

The LBGT community has always been a non- dominate group. They have always had labels placed on them. With Collins telling the world his secret, it gives a face to this community. Collins is a very good role model for anyone in the country. 

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/jason-collins-set-home-debut-brooklyn-22741356

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/jason-collins-presented-matthew-shepards-family-with-a-no-98-jersey/