NBA's first openly gay player marries longtime partner
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, married his partner of more than a decade in an outdoor ceremony last month.
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Collins, who came out in an essay written for Sports Illustrated in 2013, tied the knot with Hollywood producer Brunson Green over Memorial Day weekend in a ceremony in Austin, Tex.
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'When I was younger, I dated women,' Collins wrote in the essay. 'I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue.'
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Collins, a 13-year NBA veteran who retired in 2014, and Green, best known for his work on The Help, had been together since 2014.
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'I was dating another guy at the time. I didn't see Brunson again until we ran into each other at a party three months later. By that point, I was single again,' Collins told the outlet. 'Brunson left for Europe the following day and, while he was overseas, I asked everyone I knew in L.A., 'Have you heard of this guy?''
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According to reports, the wedding ceremony was a star-studded affair with many of Collins' former teammates, including Richard Jefferson, in attendance along with some Hollywood stars and, of course close family and friends of the couple.
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Octavia Spencer, who won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in The Help, posted a picture on Instagram from the day featuring Collins and Green walking down the aisle.
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