Gay NBA Team President Rick Welts Weds Partner

San Francisco Mayor London Breed officiated the wedding of Welts and Todd Gage.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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Golden State Warriors president Rick Welts wed his partner of nine years, Todd Gage, in a Friday morning wedding at San Francisco City Hall officiated by Mayor London Breed.

\u201cAt 11am today in the Mayor\u2019s office at SF City Hall, Mayor @LondonBreed married Rick Welts and Todd Gage. It was a good day, nine years in the making!\u201d
— Rick Welts (@Rick Welts) 1578711673

Welts previously served as president of the Phoenix Suns, but relocated to northern California to live with Gage. He was later hired by the San Francisco-based Warriors as president and chief operating officer, where he helped lead a team turnaround. Since his arrival in 2011, Welts has overseen three championship wins and five NBA finals appearances.

Welts came out shortly before leaving the Suns, becoming one of the very few openly LGBTQ people in professional sports. While there is a growing number of out executives, like Erik Braverman in Major League Baseball, and coaches, like Katie Sowers, there are currently no out players in professional male sports.

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