An active gay athlete coming out is news today, but soon it won't be

The complaints about these stories are similar to complaints about people "flaunting" their homosexuality in public by holding hands or showing affection for

Michael Rosenberg | Apr 9, 2014

The complaints about these stories are similar to complaints about people "flaunting" their homosexuality in public by holding hands or showing affection for their partners. They aren't flaunting, and Derrick Gordon is not shoving his sexuality in anybody's face. He is giving closeted homosexuals an example of somebody who is not afraid anymore. In a year, you probably won't even remember his name. He can live his life, and you can live yours.

Published Apr 9, 2014

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.