Melbourne United basketballer Isaac Humphries.Credit:Melbourne United
Instead,the Melbourne United centre has been overwhelmed by the positive response from around the world and barely noticed any negativity as he became theonly active male professional basketballer to be publicly gay in an announcement on November 16.
“I was expecting some stuff but there’s been a lot less,if nothing,that I’ve seen,” Humphries said on Wednesday ahead of his club’s Throwdown game against South East Melbourne Phoenix on Thursday night.
“I’m a professional athlete. I’ve been in the public eye for so much of my life that I’m very used to having bad things said about me online or whatever.
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“But it’s different because it’s your character and it’s who you are and they’re attacking you - it’s pretty sad to say,but there’s nothing they’re going to say that I haven’t thought or said about myself.
“So I’m all good with whatever they have to say and it looks like there’s been a lot of support from everyone else whenever anyone’s tried to say anything negative.”
Humphries admitted he hasn’t had the chance to absorb the impact of his announcement as United have been battling with injuries and fallen to 6-11[win-loss].