Arizona Cardals ach Bce Arians told on Wednday that he believ NFL players and ach would be acceptg of an openly-gay player but he's not so sure fans would feel the same way.
Contents:
- SOME CARDALS FANS ARE FREAKG OUT ABOUT GAY PRI NIGHT AT BCH STADIUM
- WHY PHOTO OF BASEBALL PLAYER BEG KISSED STCK CHORD WH CLOSETED GAY FAN
- ARIANS: FANS A PROBLEM FOR GAY PLAYER
- THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
SOME CARDALS FANS ARE FREAKG OUT ABOUT GAY PRI NIGHT AT BCH STADIUM
The Cardals announced a Gay Pri Night Augt at Bch Stadium and some of the Bt Fans Baseball are not happy about . * gay cardinals fans *
The photo prompted an email exchange I had wh a gay baseball fan, whose inty or tails I won’t disclose bee he is the closet. What is so strikg about this public display of affectn is that there is so much homophobia pro sports and yet this assistant ach don’t re.
WHY PHOTO OF BASEBALL PLAYER BEG KISSED STCK CHORD WH CLOSETED GAY FAN
While fans prott outsi, Cardals brg back gay Mor Leaguer for Pri Night. * gay cardinals fans *
Pro sports has been credibly homophobic for s. Male athlet, whether straight, bi, or gay, have been forced to hi behd a wall of macho perceptn and mata a certa image of macho to all.
This photo shows that hopefully that wall is cmblg when an assistant ach is not aaid to show his love (of any kd) for a young player on his birthday and btow a sign of affectn (whether be straight, bi, or gay) on him pla view of everyone the dugout (and obvly wh photographers prent.
What I like is that my emailer do not assume the ach is gay (Turner has a wife and three kids) but that we should celebrate public displays of affectn between men given how we are hard-wired om a young age to avoid them. Bean, a former MLB player who 1999 me out publicly as gay, and Dunngton were Friday’s honored guts of the Cardals for the anizatn’s first official LGBT Pri Night.
ARIANS: FANS A PROBLEM FOR GAY PLAYER
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Dunngton, who 2016 me out publicly as gay, felt driven out of baseball by homophobic language ed by his teammat durg his first year the Cardals’ Mor League system, and he retired om baseball and left the Cardals anizatn after the 2014 season. We n be Christian and gay, too.
Hille, who is Christian and gay, attend the game wh Cheri Simher, who is also gay.
THE 39 CURRENT NFL PLAYERS HAVE ALL PLAYED WH AN OUT GAY TEAMMATE
“We don’t want Ballpark Village or Bch Stadium to be takg our queer money and panrg to this way — Sorry we ved that bigoted speaker, but here’s gay pri night, e spend money, ” Burghoff said. Mozeliak was ont of a microphone for more than 30 mut before Friday’s game, and he never said lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or LGBT. He did say “homosexual” once.
“Whether ’s somebody that is homosexual, whether ’s someone that is om a foreign untry, you don’t want them to feel like they’re phg the rock up a hill and they’re not gog to be succsful bee of their fear and timidatn of what might be gog on the clubhoe, ” Mozeliak said. Cardals manager Mike Matheny, who spoke ahead of Lance Berkman at July’s Christian Day ceremony, also didn’t say lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or LGBT when speakg to the media before Friday’s game.
“I’ve been around lbian, gay and transgenr [people]. Erik Hall is a member of the Associated Prs Sports Edors, Natnal Sports Media Associatn, and the Natnal Lbian and Gay Journalists Associatn. News servicJun 19, 2013, 12:35 PM ETArizona Cardals ach Bce Arians told on Wednday he believ that NFL players and ach would be acceptg of an openly gay player, but he's not so sure fans would feel the same way.