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== Personal ==
== Personal ==
His twin brother [[Jarron Collins]] also played in the NBA. On April 29, 2013, Collins wrote the cover story of [[Sports Illustrated]] in which he publicly come out as [[gay]].<ref name="SI">{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/|accessdate=2013-04-29|title=Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|archive-date=2013-05-01|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6GHMbhb2z?url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He became the first active male professional athlete in any of the four major North American pro sports leagues to come out.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gay|date=April 29, 2013|work=bbc.co.uk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22341153|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref> He said that he chose the jersey number 98 in honor of [[Matthew Shepard]], a victim of a gay [[hate crime]] in 1998. Collins said that the number was "a statement to myself, my family and my friends".<ref name="SI" />
His twin brother [[Jarron Collins]] also played in the NBA. On April 29, 2013, Collins wrote the cover story of [[Sports Illustrated]] in which he publicly come out as [[gay]].<ref name="SI">{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/|accessdate=2013-04-29|title=Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|archive-date=2013-05-01|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6GHMbhb2z?url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He became the first active male professional athlete in any of the four major North American pro sports leagues to come out.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gay|date=April 29, 2013|work=bbc.co.uk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22341153|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref> He said that he chose the jersey number 98 in honor of [[Matthew Shepard]], a victim of a gay [[hate crime]] in 1998. Collins said that the number was "a statement to myself, my family and my friends".<ref name="SI" />
In September 2025, Collins was diagnosed with [[brain cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2025 |title=Former NBA player Jason Collins undergoing treatment for brain tumor |url=https://www.nba.com/news/former-nba-player-jason-collins-undergoing-treatment-for-brain-tumor |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=[[National Basketball Association]] |language=en |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
== Jason Collins Media ==
== Jason Collins Media ==