Good for him. I'm sure he's not the first gay player and he certainly won't be the last, and it's important to be able to speak freely about who you are. There'll of course be people saying "why does he have to say anything?" but those are the same people who wouldn't think twice if a player mentioned their girlfriend or wife.
Do we have to believe in gay? What do we call the people who date redheads? (And why not celebrate that instead)
Between this, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27561523, and the fact that we've had to ask you many times to stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamewar comments to HN, I think enough is enough and have banned the account.