Jason Collins lived a life over the last decade being his true self and elevating others. He inspires all of us to be better too.

Former NBA player Jason Collins died this week at the age of 47. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Franz Lidz, who helped Collins write his 2013 coming out essay in Sports Illustrated.

Former pro basketball player and longtime LGBTQ+ ally Charles Barkley gave a touching tribute to Jason Collins, a gay former NBA star who died this week after battling brain cancer for the past year. He was 47.

Former NBA player Jason Collins became the first athlete in North American major sports to come out as gay in 2013. Learn about his career, advocacy, and death.

Charles Barkley said American society is still unfriendly toward gay people in the aftermath of the death of Jason Collins, the ex-Net who made history in 2013 by becoming the first active Big Four (MLB,

Jason Collins' courage to come out as a gay man playing in the NBA inspired others to live authentically, those who knew him said after his death.