NBA referee Bill Kennedy comes out as gay after Rajon Rondo confrontation; Guardian, 12/14/15

Guardian; NBA referee Bill Kennedy comes out as gay after Rajon Rondo confrontation:

"Bill Kennedy, an 18-year veteran who has refereed more than a thousand regular-season games and five NBA finals contests, made the revelation to Yahoo Sports’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday night.

“I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man,” Kennedy said. “I am following in the footsteps of others who have self-identified in the hopes that will send a message to young men and women in sports that you must allow no one to make you feel ashamed of who you are.”

Kennedy’s announcement came less than two weeks after the NBA suspended Sacramento Kings point guard Rajon Rondo one game without pay for “directing a derogatory and offensive term towards a game official”."