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."
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
* gay high five *
That would be Glenn Burke of the Los Angel Dodgers, who was also the sport’s first openly gay player.
THE GAY HISTORY OF THE HIGH FIVE
And fact, for a while, the high-five was a symbol of gay pri!
HIGH FIV ARE GAY
While at the time he tried to keep his homosexualy secret, most everyone knew.
‘MORN FAY’ REP: GAYS DON’T HIGH-FIVE
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. 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.