Daniel Murphy has a bad msage for gay Cubs fans - Outsports

Contents:

• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
• DANIEL MURPHY’S MSAGE TO GAY CUBS FANS: “OH AR. I HOPE YOU WOULD ROOT FOR THE CUBS.”
• THE CUBS TARGET THEIR GAY FANS
• THE 10 BT FREE GAY ONLYFANS CREATORS OF 2023
• DANIEL MURPHY MAK THGS WORSE WH HIS NEW MSAGE TO GAY CUBS FANS
• CUBS HAVE HAD MOST MLB GAY DAYS, THE INDIANS HAVE HAD ONE

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS

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Bee Wrigley Field ss jt a uple of blocks om Chigo’s Boystown neighborhood and this was the early 2000s, was evable that the crosstown smack talk volved to homophobia. Outsi of the Whe Sox’s home park durg this era, there was an pecially popular entry the genre that read, “Wrigley Field: World’s Largt Gay Bar. Wrigley is the world’s largt gay bar?

Eventually, I even saw the World’s Largt Gay Bar shirts outsi of Miller Park Milwkee. Great, now the homophobia was anchisg.

DANIEL MURPHY’S MSAGE TO GAY CUBS FANS: “OH AR. I HOPE YOU WOULD ROOT FOR THE CUBS.”

Their fans were also gay and beg gay was somethg lser. For the most part, while there are still plenty of obnox shirts beg sold outsi of Wrigley, the outright homophobic on are pretty much gone.

I wear purple on Spir Day bee wasn’t that long ago that hundreds of people wore open homophobia whout a send thought. And Murphy is on the rerd as “disagreeg” wh the “gay liftyle”, ments Murphy hasn’t ever really walked back to any gree. Do you have a msage for gay fans that may have said “Okay, I’m not gog to root for the Cubs” now that you’re here?

THE CUBS TARGET THEIR GAY FANS

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THE 10 BT FREE GAY ONLYFANS CREATORS OF 2023

A weekly gay newspaper. The Free Prs tmpets the advertisg al as the first between an Amerin male pro sports team and an exclively gay publitn.

Some teams the Women's Natnal Basketball Associatn have marketed directly to lbians, but Outsports uld fd no other exampl of a men's team targetg the gay market. ``It was an easy no-braer, '' said Annie Kleiser, manager of special events and entertament for the Cubs, addg that Wrigley Field is ``smack dab the middle of the gay neighborhood.

DANIEL MURPHY MAK THGS WORSE WH HIS NEW MSAGE TO GAY CUBS FANS

Gubd's approach was simple: Convce the Cubs ma good bs sense to advertise to the gay and lbian market. ``If you advertise to the gay market, people bee more fortable gog to an tablishment that accepts them, '' he said.

CUBS HAVE HAD MOST MLB GAY DAYS, THE INDIANS HAVE HAD ONE

Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, borrs Chigo's ``Boy's Town, '' a ncentrated gay strip filled wh bars, clubs and rtrants, and home to an timated 40, 000 or so gays and lbians. Providg data about the high disposal e of many gays and lbians also factored .

The team's outreach has been a big h among gay fans, said Gubd, and will extend even further on June 23 durg a promotn lled ``Out at the Ball Game. On that day, when the Cubs play the Milwkee Brewers, 2, 000 gays and lbians will have a sectn of Wrigley to ll their own.

People who uld not get their hands on the ``gay tickets'' have bought some elsewhere at Wrigley that day jt to get si, he said. ``The ia is to go have fun, '' Gubd said, addg that the game is the day before Chigo's annual gay pri para ( keepg wh the baseball theme, former umpire Dave Pallone is the para's grand marshal).