Australian basketball player, Isaac Humphries, 26 talks about his sexuality, coming out, and dating!
Australian basketball player, Isaac Humphries was on the latest episode of the podcast, Mental as anyone where he spoke about his sexuality and dating. Isaac is an openly gay person and currently plays for Adelaide 36ers team.
Isaac Humphries talks about his dating
Australian basketball player, Isaac Humphries, 26 appeared on the recent episode of the podcast, Mental as anyone and spoke to host J Mo. Isaac is openly gay player on the Adelaide 36ers team. He stated that it has been a long journey to where he is now. Isaac told J Mo:
“I see it and I think I can love a partner,”
The athlete continued:
“I’m allowed one now, I can be out and I love that but then I start my day, back to back to back to back and I don’t have a single second to even think about it.”
“In the general scheme of things, yes, I would love to explore that side of my life. It’s something I’ve not explored really ever. The whole dating, having a partner or falling in love, creating a life with someone, it’s just so foreign to me.”
Isaac and his coming out
It was in 2022 that Isaac made the bold decision to come out of the closet and reveal to the world about his sexuality. It was a tough decision to take due to the stigma homosexuality term carries with it. He was worried that coming out might affect his career.
On 16 November 2022, Isaac uploaded a video on his X handle. In the video, Isaac is seen talking to his team mates and telling them about his sexuality.
He also said that he had struggled a lot before due to his sexuality and had also attempted suicide. His mental health suffered but he thought that the best thing would be to reveal the truth to the world. Isaac wrote:
“A few years ago I fell into a very dark place, a very lonely place and I couldn’t be who I am. I attempted to take my life,” he said. “The main reason behind me becoming so low and being in that point is because I was very much struggling with my sexuality and coming to terms with the fact that I am gay. I hated it about myself. I was disgusted at myself. I thought that I could not be that person within our environment, within a basketball environment.”
He added:
“It wasn’t until I was in a community that is full of pride and happiness and joy, and it was a big wake up call for me … I decided that if I’m going to join a team, that I’m going to come out publicly and just make sure that people know that you can live and you don’t have to hide just because you’re an athlete.”
About Isaac’s play and dating reality
Isaac, 26 is a top player of the Australian basketball team. Prior to joining Adelaide 36ers, Isaac has played for the Sydney Kings. During his college days, he represented the University of Kentucky where he studied in the USA.
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On the podcast, he revealed how he tortured himself for several years before he came out. Now, he is relieved and wants to find love for himself. Isaac said:
“So as much as I would love it, I don’t really know how to do it or where to even begin,”
Further, he explained:
“I’ve tried (dating app) Hinge and then you get the, ‘am I being cat fished’. That’s not how I want to start a dating experience, relationship. I just sort of find my lane and find peace in my work in my solitude. It’s okay, it’ll happen when it needs to happen.”
Besides his athletic side, Isaac also has a softer side of him. He is a creative person and had performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. He told the podcast host:
“I was bullied atrociously for many things at school, but being a feminine singing dancing kid was the main one,”
“I went 24ish years of my life never seeing a positive representation of being gay in my immediate circle of life so I think it was a collective for me, but then yeah, your mind starts creating narratives and you just follow the narrative in the end because you’re not equipped or strong enough mentally to think otherwise at that point.”
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Posted on: Saturday, December 2 2023
