Quotes About Jason Collins

During that 2011 offseason, as the debate around 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and DOMA was heating up on social media, I had to pull out every last ounce of self-control to keep myself from retweeting something in support of marriage equality.

It's an honor, any time you play with an organization like the Boston Celtics, all that history there. To put on that uniform, it's a big deal.

On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.

So, I got asked in January of 2014 to attend the State of the Union and sit as a guest in the first lady's viewing box.