Former MLB umpire Dale Stt, an excerpt om his new book, reunts how he me out as gay baseball first and then the world.
Contents:
- LONGTIME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE DALE STT SAYS HE'S GAY
- ‘DALE, WE KNOW YOU’RE GAY. WE DON’T RE.’ HOW A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE ME OUT
- THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE REFLECTS ON G OUT, COORS FIELD AND THE ‘ROBO-UMPIRE’
- DALE STT, MAJOR LEAGUE UMPIRE, REVEALS HE'S GAY
- 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
- MLB UMPIRE DALE STT RETIR, SAYS G OUT AS GAY UNBURNED HIM
- UMPIRE DALE STT SAYS HE'S GAY
- CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: MLB UMPIRE DALE STT OUT AS GAY
LONGTIME MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE DALE STT SAYS HE'S GAY
LOS ANGELES (Rters) - Major League Baseball umpire Dale Stt has revealed that he is gay, beg the first openly gay referee major U.S. profsnal sports. In an terview published on Tuday on the webse , the 29-year MLB veteran umpire said he had been "out" the workplace sce the late 1990s and that his sexual orientatn has never been an issue wh Major League Baseball. "You work wh an anizatn for a long time and people figure out," said Stt, who has worked the World Seri three tim, the most veted assignment for an umpire. ... * gay major league umpire *
LOS ANGELES (Rters) - Major League Baseball umpire Dale Stt has revealed that he is gay, beg the first openly gay referee major U.
The terview is the first time Stt, who married last year, spoke publicly about beg gay, a topic long unaddrsed the sports world until now-retired NBA player Jason Colls me out last year and Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player selected the NFL draft this year. "I'm an umpire who happens to be gay, " he said. "I'm not tryg to be some gay person who happens to be an umpire.
Stt me out as gay 2014. The first time any of my lleagu said anythg to me about beg gay was durg sprg trag ’98 or ’99. Dale, we know you’re gay.
‘DALE, WE KNOW YOU’RE GAY. WE DON’T RE.’ HOW A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE ME OUT
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For one thg, they had a stereotypil ia their md of what a gay person is like. There were a hundred thgs sayg, Dale’s gay. “Dale Stt recently beme the first Major League umpire to e out as gay.
I told all three the same thg: I’m still gay.
THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE REFLECTS ON G OUT, COORS FIELD AND THE ‘ROBO-UMPIRE’
In 2014, Dale Stt beme the first active Major League Baseball umpire to e out as gay. He’s sce retired after umpirg for 32 years the majors. * gay major league umpire *
Bs as ual, never heard anythg om the stands about beg gay. In a perfect world, everyone gay would e out and blow away the stereotyp and prenceived notns of who, what, and how many we are.
DALE STT, MAJOR LEAGUE UMPIRE, REVEALS HE'S GAY
Major League Baseball umpire Dale Stt says he is gay. The 55-year-old told the webse that he married Michael Rsch November 2013. * gay major league umpire *
Are there gay umpir workg Major League Baseball right now? Are there gay players?
I heard om police officers, firemen, members of the ary, mothers, fathers, om those who were straight, gay, bi, out, closeted. Of the hundreds of msag and ments, lerally two were hateful or homophobic. Closeted gay ach, police and fire personnel, teachers, and many others said this took them another step closer to walkg through that closet door.
9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
In major league baseball only two players have publicly me out as gay other than that few of mor league players have done so. * gay major league umpire *
Bee I want to be known not as “that gay umpire” but, stead, jt as an umpire who happens to be gay. I wonred how thgs would have been different if I’d had an umpire to look up to, a role mol dog what I was strivg to do and who, oh by the way, happened to be gay? In 2014, Dale Stt beme the first active Major League Baseball umpire to e out as gay.
MLB UMPIRE DALE STT RETIR, SAYS G OUT AS GAY UNBURNED HIM
Stt was ducted to the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame 2015 and has sce wrten a memoir about his reer. On the rponse he’s gotten om the gay muny after umpirg the majors for more than three s and penng a memoir “The Umpire is Out: Callg the Game and Livg My Te Self”: SCOTT: The people I’ve talked to on this book tour, tellg me my story changed their life, my story gave them the urage to do this, or … this one lbian uple San Francis, she was, I gave her a big hug bee she said, “You don’t know how much hearg about you a game I love …” and that kd of stuff. And you were gay and you were out!
But you know gays, we love to make an ex (lghs).
UMPIRE DALE STT SAYS HE'S GAY
Here's a list of those the profsnal and llege baseball world proud enough to wear a rabow p wh their pstrip and e out as gay. An outfielr for the Los Angel Dodgers and the Oakland A's between 1976 and 1979, Glenn Burke beme the first Major League Baseball player to e out as gay to teammat and owners while still active, though the team asked that he keep his sexualy secret om the public and he plied.
Two years later, he told Insi Sports that he believed he'd been let go om the Dodgers bee he was gay. He beme one of few proment gay athlet of the era after that, playg the Gay Gam 1982 and 1986. "They n't ever say now that a gay man n't play the majors, bee I'm a gay man and I ma , " he told The Philalphia Inquirer.
CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: MLB UMPIRE DALE STT OUT AS GAY
@billybeanballThe only livg Major League Baseball veteran who has e out as gay, outfielr Billy Bean played for the Tigers, Dodgers, and Padr over a reer that spanned om 1987 to 1995. He me out four years after retirg om the field, and wrote his 2003 book Gog the Other Way: Lsons From a Life and Out of Major League Baseball that the bullyg and homophobic world of baseball led him to walk away om pro ball.
"Beg gay don't change anythg about the way I play or teract wh teammat, " he said a team statement released for Pri Month. @_DavidD_41A first baseman for the Helena Brewers, rhe Milwkee Brewers' rookie affiliate team Montana, David Denson 2015 beme the first player affiliated wh Major League Baseball to e out as gay.
@DunngtonTylerA pcher for rookie and Class A teams affiliated wh the Cardals 2014, Dunngton told Outsports he left pro ball bee of homophobia. "I experienced both ach and players make remarks on killg gay people durg my time baseball, and each ment felt like a knife to my heart, " he said. "Lookg back, I wish I had told the whole world that I'm gay om day one, " he said.