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Jason Collins, a National Basketball Association player has become the first active player in a major professional U.S. team sport to reveal he is homosexual.
美國國家籃球協會的籃球運動員杰森·科林斯宣布自己是同性戀，成為第一個在美國主要的職業運動隊中公開自己性取向的現役運動員。
Free-agent center Jason Collins revealed he is gay in the cover article for this week's Sports Illustrated magazine. He wrote he did not "set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport," but he is "happy to start the conversation."
身為自由球員的中鋒杰森·科林斯在本星期《體育畫報》雜志的封面文章上透露，自己是一個同性戀者。科林斯寫道，他并不是想成為“美國主要的職業運動隊中第一個公開的同性戀者”，但是他“非常高興將就此展開對話”。
Collins said he first realized he needed to reveal his sexuality last year when his friend and roommate at Stanford University, U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy, marched in Boston's Gay Pride parade. But this month's twin bombings at the Boston Marathon finally convinced him that he "shouldn't wait for the circumstances of my coming out to be perfect."
科林斯說，去年當他在斯坦福大學的朋友和室友、美國聯邦眾議員喬.肯尼迪參加波士頓同性戀自豪游行時，他才第一次意識到有必要公開他的性取向。但是這個月波士頓馬拉松連環爆炸案最終說服他，他“不應該等到條件完全成熟再出柜”。
Collins received an outpouring of support Monday from across the nation. NBA Commissioner David Stern said the league was " proud he has assumed the leadership mantle on this very important issue." President Barack Obama personally called Collins to offer his support, and White House spokesman Jay Carney called the revelation another example of the change in attitude in the U.S. towards homosexuality.
科林斯星期一得到全國各地的大力支持。美國國家籃球協會總裁大為·斯特恩說，國家籃球協會“為他能在這個非常重要問題上率先表態而感到驕傲”。奧巴馬總統親自打電話給科林斯表示支持。白宮發言人卡尼稱，科林斯公開他的性取向是美國改變對同性戀態度的又一事例。
The 34-year-old Collins played the past season with the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards and has played for six NBA teams during his 12-year career.
現年34歲的科林斯在過去的賽季中為波士頓凱爾特人隊和華盛頓的巫師隊效力；科林斯在他12年的職業生涯中，曾經在6支NBA球隊中打過球。
