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Amaechi: ‘I underestimated America’ (AP)
Filed: May 5th 2007: Republican

Retired NBA basketball player John Amaechi talks about his journey as one of the first openly gay athletes in professional sports while addressing a session of the Log Cabin Republicans on Saturday, May 5, 2007, in Denver. The Log Cabin Republicans, who are holding their 2007 convention in Denver, is the nation's largest organization of Republicans who support fairness, freedom and equality for gay and lesbian Americans. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - When John Amaechi told the world he was gay, he steeled himself for a torrent of negativity that never really materialized, the former pro basketball player told the GOP’s largest gay organization Saturday.

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