In our latest Outsports podcast, we debated the place of Jason Collins’ coming out on the list of greatest moments in gay sports history.
Jim thought it was an obvious No. 1, while Cyd disagreed and said it might not even make his Top 10. You can listen to our reasons on the podcast, but we wanted to hear from you.
Take our poll and in the comments, please tell us why you voted the way you did.
As a point of reference, here are the Top 10 moments Outsports’ list of the Top 100 gay sports moments, published in 2011:
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1) Dave Kopay comes out / 1975 / football
2) Martina Navratilova comes out / 1981 / tennis
3) Billie Jean King outed / 1981 / tennis
4) Publication of ‘The Front Runner’ / 1974 / books
5) First Gay Games / 1982 / various sports
6) Corey Johnson’s story is told / 2000 / football
7) Billy Bean comes out / baseball / 1999
8.) John Rocker spews homophobia to Sports Illustrated / 1999 / baseball
9) First gay softball world series / 1977 / softball
10) Matthew Mitcham wins diving gold / 2008 / diving
