Before he me out as gay followg his reer, Glenn Burke brought a new way of celebratg to baseball and the world.
Contents:
- BASEBALL’S FIRST OUT PLAYER, GLENN BURKE, CREATED THE HIGH-FIVE, BRIEFLY A SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
- THE GAY HISTORY OF THE HIGH FIVE
- HIGH FIV ARE GAY
- ‘MORN FAY’ REP: GAYS DON’T HIGH-FIVE
BASEBALL’S FIRST OUT PLAYER, GLENN BURKE, CREATED THE HIGH-FIVE, BRIEFLY A SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
Glenn Burke, a gay outfielr for the Los Angel Dodgers, is creded as the ventor of the greetg. It's been lled a "fiant symbol of gay pri." * gay high five *
That would be Glenn Burke of the Los Angel Dodgers, who was also the sport’s first openly gay player. And fact, for a while, the high-five was a symbol of gay pri!
While at the time he tried to keep his homosexualy secret, most everyone knew.
Lasorda was nial about his son’s homosexualy, and angrily trad Burke to the Oakland A’s. Thgs didn’t get better — the A’s manager Billy Mart was also homophobic, repeatedly ed the word “faggot” and refed to play Burke. He joed a gay softball league and took his team to the world champnships.
THE GAY HISTORY OF THE HIGH FIVE
Smh, a gay activist, who wrote of the high-five, “There is stead the legacy of two men’s hands touchg, high above their heads.
Did you know about Glenn Burke and the secret gay history of the high-five? But did you know that this gture was probably vented by a gay man?
HIGH FIV ARE GAY
He often chewed Burke out and ntuoly nied that his son was gay.
‘MORN FAY’ REP: GAYS DON’T HIGH-FIVE
He was moted to Triple-A ball 1980, and retired at age Burke found solace while playg a San Francis softball league, and domated the Gay Softball World Seri. Smh lled the high five a "fiant symbol of gay pri. The only problem he seemed to be facg was the fact that he was a gay baseball player the 1970s and was iends wh the openly gay son of his manager, Tommy Lasorda.
The first openly gay athlete. 211, LA Progrsive took this as an ditn that the double life of beg a gay baseball player was affectg his abily to play. ' He said, 'They don't want any gays on the team.
Thirteen years later, he told People magaze that "My missn as a gay ballplayer was to break a stereotype... They n't ever say now that a gay man n't play the majors, bee I'm a gay man and I ma .