Isaac Humphries, a former Atlanta Hawks center who's now with Melbourne United, said he was done hiding.
NBA alum Isaac Humphries came out to his Melbourne United teammates in a moving locker room speech captured on video.
“I’ve finally come to terms with this about myself, and I don’t want to hide who I am anymore,” he said in the viral clip, shared Tuesday.Humphries, a 7-foot center who previously played for the Atlanta Hawks and the University of Kentucky, told his Australian league team that torment over his sexuality led him to attempt suicide.
“I decided that if I’m going to join a team, that I’m going to come out publicly and just make sure people know ... that you can live and you don’t have to hide just because you’re an athlete,” he said in the video. “That’s my goal behind this,” he continued: “[to] make sure people know that you can be whatever you want, no matter who you are and what you do. ... It has nothing to do with your sexuality or who you are or who you’re meant to be or who you’re expected to be. I just want to be myself. I’ve discovered this is my purpose in life, and I’m going to give it my best go.”
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