J.P. Calderon has become famous for his reality show involvement which including being on "Survivor" a few seasons back then on "The Janice Dickerson Modeling Agency" on which he came out as a gay man.
But less is known about his life as a volleyball player and now coach in Long Beach. I was very interested in an article posted recently on the OuitSports.com site on this topic.

Here are a few excerpts:
On Gay Games VIII in 2010: “Sure, without a doubt I’ll compete, though I don’t know how good I’ll be at that time.”
On the kids he coaches: “The kids who I coach are wonderful. I’ve gotten closer to them (since coming out), and that’s something I was scared about (when I was coming out.)”
Could you have been out while playing in college?: “I don’t think so. At that time, I don’t think people were as accepting; people were a little more ignorant, un-educated. But times have really changed. If I was in college now, I would be able to be out, but not back then. Being out is now becoming not a big deal.”
To read the entire piece, click over to OutSports.com.