Last year, NBA player Jason Collins sent shockwaves through the sporting world by announcing that he's gay and had hopes that a NBA team will overlook his sexuality and sign him to their team.
When you inspire, they will come out making poetry! Wait, I hope I said that right?!! Anyhow, Jason Collins, whose the first openly active gay baller in the NBA, is inspiring closeted gay athletes across the country. As a high school student at Hollywood Hills High by the name of Leo Washington and the co-captain of the school's football team is saying Collins' coming out was what he needed to strive on.
