In major league baseball only two players have publicly me out as gay other than that few of mor league players have done so.
Contents:
- BASEBALL PLAYED VAL ROLE FOR GAY JOCK TURNED DOC HIS G OUT
- BRAD GAY
- 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- CARTOONIST EXPLAS WHY HIS GAY BASEBALL PLAYER STAYS THE CLOSET
BASEBALL PLAYED VAL ROLE FOR GAY JOCK TURNED DOC HIS G OUT
Brad Gay Mor & Inpennt Leagu Statistics cludg battg, fieldg, prospect rankgs and more on * brad gay baseball player *
This Philly kid wanted to throw right, bat right, be a Christian, play for the Philli and never ever be gay. At the same time that I was a hard-chargg jock, I was fightg my ternal battl of fulfillg that last le of my imagary baseball rd: Don’t ever, ever be gay. Beg gay fely was not ol when I was growg up and seemed every other word out of a kid’s mouth was “that’s gay.
” The nnotatn of gay was always negative, lame and stupid. If you would trip when nng to first base, you’re gay. If you stck out, you’re gay.
If you gave another guy a pliment, make sure you say “no homo, ” bee God forbid we would pliment each other.
BRAD GAY
To this day, I never e gay slurs and rrect anyone who them my prence. The world of beg a Christian athlete allowed me to keep my ternal battl where they belonged and was able to “pray the gay away.
While studyg to bee a doctor and tryg to be the bt hband I uld be, I was tormented by thoughts such as “Was I gay?
9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
This sight led me to stg down wh my dad at a Philli game and, after many Bud Lights, tellg him that I was gay. I did not f the stereotype of what society views as a gay man and my father was pretty floored.
I was born this way and I wish that I didn’t have the stggl of worryg if I was gay, worryg if I was gog to Hell, worryg about the jock rhetoric, worryg about my acceptance my small Christian world. I am a gay jock doc and am nstantly evolvg, and am still a huge Philli fan.
My updated baseball rd now reads: Bats right, throws right, gay and proud. More Gay Pag.
CARTOONIST EXPLAS WHY HIS GAY BASEBALL PLAYER STAYS THE CLOSET
So, here we gonna talk about some of the bravt of all begs; as we know, Like other sports, homophobia is still prevalent baseball.
Major League Baseball seems to be fallg behd other sports leagu acceptance of gay players. In MLB, players rerd g homophobic slurs gam. “Pri is for everyone, ” In profsnal baseball, brave players who me out as gay publicly are maly om mor leagu.
The prsure toward acceptg pri players baseball may be why homosexual players who e out as gay before or after retirement have a short reer.