MANILA, Philippines – Jason Collins, the NBA player who publicly announced that he is gay, took part in Boston’s gay pride parade. Collins and his Stanford University roommate, Congressman Joe Kennedy, joined thousands of marchers and posed for pictures with former Representative Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of the United States House of Representatives. Collins announced that he is gay in an article he wrote for Sports Illustrated last month. -- Dateline Philippines, ANC, June 9, 2013