Former NBA star Jason Collins is officially a married man!
The center tied the knot with his longtime partner, Brunson Green, over the long weekend. The ceremony took place in Austin, Texas, with photographs and video shared by their friends.
Collins himself wound up reposting some of the shots of his happy day, including one from @esthersong831 that captured the moment the grooms walked back down the aisle holding hands.
Brunson Green and Jason Collins on their wedding day in Austin, Texas.
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Back in 2013, Collins became not only the first active NBA player to come out as gay, but the first active player of any of the major male sports leagues in North America.
"When I was younger I dated women," he said in the Sports Illustratedprofile that revealed his truth to the world. "I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue."
His lengthy career came to a close the following year — which was also the year he met Green.
Although there are many aspects of his relationship Collins continues to keep private (according to Outsports, the only rumblings that he and Green got engaged at the 2023 LA Lakers Pride Night come from people who were present), he’s been an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ+ community ever since.
Congratulations to the happy couple on starting the next chapter of their lives together!
