ESPN reporter Israel Gutierrez came out as gay in a personal blog post on Friday, revealing he’s getting married to his boyfriend next week.
In “Thanks for Reading,” the 38-year-old sports commentator described struggling with his sexuality when he was younger—and how fiancé David Kitchen helped him accept himself.
“Starting in my early teens until somewhere in my late 20s, I’d blow out my birthday candles with the same wish: ’Please don’t let me be gay.'”