Collins broke a barrier in 2013 that, more than a decade later, no other NBA player has followed. His death from brain cancer at 47 has renewed a hard conversation about how little has changed.

Jason Collins was honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2026 ESPY Awards. The late athlete posthumously received the accolade from GMA‘s Robin Roberts during the Wednesday, July 15, ...

Jason Collins, the 13-year NBA star who became the league’s first openly gay player, has died. He was 47. His twin brother, Jarron Collins, and sister-in-law, Elsa Marie Collins, announced the news on ...

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player, died May 12 after an eight-month battle with stage 4 glioblastoma. He was 47. Collins made history in April 2013 when he came out publicly in a Sports ...

Sometimes the hardest news comes at the end of the day. Late afternoon on May 12, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that former NBA player and LGBTQ advocate Jason Collins had died. The ...

Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of brain ...

Collins announced his diagnosis in September 2025, four months after he married film producer Brunson Green.