John Amaechi
on February 8, 2007
Category: Black America, Sport, LGBTI
Former NBA player, John Amaechi has come out of the closet as a gay man.
Amaechi played for five seasons in the position of center for four teams, including a brief stint with the New York Knicks.
Amaechi has written a book about his life called Man In The Middle. It’s due to be released on February 14.
John Amaechi was born in the UK and has a Nigerian Father and a white mother.
Congratulations to John. It takes courage to come out of the closet, especially if you are a celebrity and a macho sports figure.
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6 Comments so far
1. LawVibe.com
February 8th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
You can check out the John Amaechi “Man in the Middle” book at Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933060190?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwmymobi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1933060190
P.S. The book is coming out February 20th so it’s available for preorder.
2. LawVibe.com
February 8th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
If the link above doesn’t work, try this one:
http://tinyurl.com/yuoe4v
3. Sewere
February 9th, 2007 at 7:28 am
Much love and support to John Amaechi…
4. Brian
February 9th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Gutsy for him. Though it’ll be interesting to see what happens the first time an active major team sport male athlete comes out. This may offend some people but whoever’s the first is going to need the thick skin of Jackie Robinson.
5. Brian
February 9th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
“John Amaechi was born in the UK and has a Nigerian Father and a white mother.”
Though it did strike me as odd that his father had only a nationality and his mother had only a skin color.
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