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- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP
- THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON
- JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
- BOSTON GAY ALLIANCE OF SPORTS (BAGS)
- BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * boston gay sports *
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.
BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP
Beloved Cathedral Statn earned s reputatn as the cy's “Gay Cheers.” But s n may be endg and fdg a new home won't be easy. * boston gay sports *
Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.
The Red Sox recently gave a start to a pcher who jt two years ago rolled out a homophobic tweet. Suffice to say, Major League Baseball’s celebratn of Pri Month hasn’t been whout s Boston’s queer sports fans now have more important thgs to worry about: They might be losg their beloved gay sports an age when datg apps have ma so that old-fashned, big-cy gay bars are gog the way of daily newspapers and mom-and-pop neighborhood nvenience stor, Cathedral Statn, loted the cy’s South End, fac an uncerta future. “The future of gay bars, LGBT bars, whatever you want to ll them, they’ll have to be smaller plac that hold 100 people, 120 people, where you n get a lease.
Nobody’s gog to pay $5 ln to buy a piece of property to own a gay bar. While not technilly a gay bar, ’s a lively, gay-iendly tablishment that’s volved Boston’s LGBTQ+ muny, cludg s sponsorship of the annual Chandler Street Block ’s not jt the lol yokels who fell love wh Frz/Cathedral Statn. Take, for stance, Dale Stt, a native of Portland, Ore., who ma headl 2014 when he beme the first active Major League Baseball umpire to e out as gay.
THE BT GAY BARS BOSTON
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“That was pretty surreal for me … stg a gay bar watchg myself do a plate game on televisn, ” said Dale Stt, who was the first active major-league umpire to e out as gay. I remember there was another gay bar nearby, a vio bar, that was up over a rtrant. That was pretty surreal for me, pecially sce was early my reer and I’m tryg to make sure Major League Baseball don’t know I’m gay.
JAGUARS STRENGTH ACH IS FIRST MALE ACH A MAJOR US-BASED PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
The Boston Gay Basketball League is a well anized basketball league that ters to members of the LGBTQ+ muny and alli * boston gay sports *
And there I am, stg a gay bar watchg myself do a plate game on televisn.
Nothg says Boston sports like a team photo of three of the cy’s all-time bartenrs clu Artie Oliver and Rob Mannke, who are themselv legends that they’ve been servg suds at var Boston gay bars for s. The reason I me out is bee I found a gay sports league, and Cathedral Statn, and before that Frz, has been a great supporter of all the gay sports leagu for years and ’s been the place where the jocks go hang out.
BOSTON GAY ALLIANCE OF SPORTS (BAGS)
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There are other gay bars that are about lookg cute or beg able to dance or to pick up guys.
BOSTON GAY SPORTS BAR — ‘HOME AWAY OM HOME’ FOR EX-MLB UMP AND A MUNY — ON THE ROP
Lookg for a place to celebrate Pri Month 2022? The bt of Boston’s gay nightlife scene n be found around the South End and Dorchter * boston gay sports *
Women dot the crowd at Cathedral on many nights, and ’s not unmon for a regular to brg along a straight buddy or two or don’t help that the South End, once a thrivg gay ghetto, is now a gentrified neighborhood of high-priced ndos and fancy rtrants. What do help is Cathedral Statn’s richly served reputatn as Boston’s “Gay Cheers, ” the place where everybody knows your name. It’s also a place where everyone knows your game, as what team you play for the cy’s many gay sports leagu, om the Beantown Softball League and Tennis4All to the FLAG (Friends, Lbians And Gays) Flag Football League and the Cambridge Boston Volleyball Associatn.
“I e here bee beg around fellow sports fans who happen to be gay adds to the sense of muny and belongg, ” said Marc Davo, 57, director of velopment and munitns for Casa Myrna, a nonprof which provis support for people impacted by domtic vlence. He was joed by Frattura and Sly Ward, 65, a former Frz/Cathedral employee who is a chef at Hale Barnard Hoe, which provis support servic for the elrly, and also vice print of Boston Alliance of Gay Sports (BAGS).