High Fiv Are Gay – Coolbeans4

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

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.

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.

THE GAY HISTORY OF THE HIGH FIVE

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? He often chewed Burke out and ntuoly nied that his son was gay. 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.

HIGH FIV ARE GAY

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 . " Although he did play softball gam and low sle petns like the 1986 Gay Gam basketball, his life still scend to sex and durgs, a hab that secured him a e addictn that stroyed his body.

While Burke never me out durg his playg reer, he also ma no effort to hi the fact that he was gay om his teammat. Burke’s big league reer was short and tumultuo, marked by clash wh homophobic managers Tommy Lasorda and Billy Mart.

‘MORN FAY’ REP: GAYS DON’T HIGH-FIVE

First of all, high fivg is gay. High fivg was, and maybe still is, known as a symbol of homosexualy bee the guy who basilly vented the high five was gay and was a b of a gay in a small muny. As I said, he was gay and therefore faced a lot of prejudice the MLB, beg one of the first openly gay athlet.

When he retired, he lived the Castro district of San Francis, and bee of him, the high five beme a symbol of gay pri there, pecially after he started playg (and beme a star)  a lol gay softball league.