David Kopay one of Interpride magazine's "Game Changers"

The 2012 Interpride magazine features 16 "Game Changers", "16 amazing Americans who are giving their
all to promote equality on (and off) the court". Among those featured is Gay Games Ambassador David Kopay:

Even if you don’t follow sports or politics—or weren’t even born in the ’70s—you’ve probably heard David Kopay’s name. And there is a reason for that. He is, by almost all accounts, the single most important figure in gay sports history. An all-American running back at the University of Washington in 1964, he later signed with the San Francisco 49ers, playing with them for nine years and earning a reputation as one of the toughest players in the NFL at the time. His coming out in 1975 shattered the stereotype that gays weren’t masculine enough to play a sport like football. His biography, The David Kopay Story (published two years later), detailed his life in the closet and was a surprise best-seller that has gone on to inspire gays and lesbians for nearly 40 years. In a sport where only two other players have ever publicly acknowledged their sexuality, Kopay’s story
is as relevant now as it was then, and he still is a regular on the speakers’ circuit debating the issue of gays in sports

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Open publication - Free publishing - More 2012