Rick Welts, Warriors exec, strives to be example for gay youth
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Rick Welts president and chief operating officer of the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, on Fri. March 25, 2016.Michael Macor/The Chronicle
Rick Welts had hit another deadline. He was in college and the feeling that he was gay wasn’t going away, just like it hadn’t by the other self-imposed deadlines: at age 12, 14, 16.
So he poured out his heart in a letter to a young minister at Magnolia Congregational Church in Seattle. Welts felt he could trust the minister with his secret. In page after page, he explained what he was feeling and asked for guidance.