Jason Collins Is the Toast of Twitter After Coming Out

Jason Collins made history on Monday morning by becoming the first male athlete in a major American sport to come out as gay while still an active player. Since then, he's dominated the online conversation — in the sports world and beyond

Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran and current free agent, made the big announcement in a first-person Sports Illustrated piece that'll hit newsstands in the magazine's May 6 issue.

Collins has spent hours on Twitter's list of worldwide trends, while a number of celebrities and public figures have tweeted him supportive messages since the bombshell SI article hit. Sure, there have been some unfortunate statements and plenty of trolling, too, but the overall social media reaction to his coming out has been overwhelmingly positive Read more...