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- EX-TRAER ALLEG CHIGO WHE SOX FIRED HIM BEE HE IS GAY
- WHE SOX PROSPECT ANRSON COMAS OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE WANTS TO BE AN 'SPIRATN FOR THOSE LIKE ME'
EX-TRAER ALLEG CHIGO WHE SOX FIRED HIM BEE HE IS GAY
Along the way, he’s helpg ensure that our dream of seeg an out active gay player MLB te. Speakg to The Athletic’s Sox beat wrer Jam Fegan (lk behd a paywall), Comás sound self-assured and ntent when lookg back on his Febary Instagram post where he publicly announced that he was gay. Not only is that a good ditn of his strong mental state after announcg that he is gay, also provis enuragement for other LGBTQ players who might nsir g out while still climbg the mor league ladr.
“My teammat and ach that knew about me, they never changed themselv jt bee I was gay. And the wake of pcher Jason Adam’s homophobic ments and several Rays teammat pullg rabow logos off their uniforms, feels like Hendriks jt earned his most important save of the year.
For years, Sox fans were notor for a vol and ugly stra of homophobia mostly directed at Cub fans, summed up a popular t-shirt readg “Wrigley Field: World’s Largt Gay Bar. Jt to be clear, the fans who DM’d Hendriks wh homophobic abe ma the nsc cisn to pick a fight wh this guy…. Baseball|In Rare Move, Whe Sox Mor Leaguer Announc He Is Gay ADVERTISEMENTAnrson Comás, a relief pcher the Chigo Whe Sox anizatn, said he wanted to be “an spiratn.
WHE SOX PROSPECT ANRSON COMAS OUT AS GAY, SAYS HE WANTS TO BE AN 'SPIRATN FOR THOSE LIKE ME'
”Anrson Comás began his profsnal reer as an outfielr, but he has sce swched to Lucy/Four Seam Imag, via Associated PrsAnrson Comás, a mor leaguer the Chigo Whe Sox anizatn, revealed on Sunday that he is gay, beg only the send active player affiliated wh a major league team to make such a public an Instagram post, Comás warned homophobic rears that the msage would not be for them and then said he is “proudly and happily part of the LGTBQ+ muny. ”No major leaguers have revealed publicly, while they were active players, that they were gay.
But Glenn Burke, a risg star wh the Los Angel Dodgers the late 1970s, was known to be gay by many of his teammat. The Dodgers, acknowledgg that mistreatment, celebrated Burke’s life at their annual Pri Night last Bean, an outfielr for multiple teams om 1987 to 1995, revealed he was gay after his reer was over and 2014 was named M. ’s ambassador for addn to Burke and Bean, David Denson, a mor league first baseman the Milwkee Brewers anizatn, publicly revealed he was gay 2015.
Only a small handful of players the other major Amerin men’s sports leagu have clared that they are gay. Comás said his Instagram post that he wanted to ph back agast the belief by some that beg gay lims what a person n acplish.