The first out pro baseball player was loved by his team, but was eventually trad away bee he was gay.
Contents:
- IN 1977, A GAY BASEBALL PLAYER VENTED THE HIGH-FIVE
- DEEP INSI HOLLYWOOD: JAMIE LEE CURTIS HIGH FIV A GAY BASEBALL LEGEND
- BASEBALL’S FIRST OUT PLAYER, GLENN BURKE, CREATED THE HIGH-FIVE, BRIEFLY A SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
IN 1977, A GAY BASEBALL PLAYER VENTED THE HIGH-FIVE
Before he me out as gay followg his reer, Glenn Burke brought a new way of celebratg to baseball and the world. * gay baseball player high five *
The only problem he seemed to be facg was the fact that he was a gay baseball player the 1970s and was iends wh the openly gay son of his manager, Tommy Lasorda.
DEEP INSI HOLLYWOOD: JAMIE LEE CURTIS HIGH FIV A GAY BASEBALL LEGEND
The first openly gay athlete.
211, LA Progrsive took this as an ditn that the double life of beg a gay baseball player was affectg his abily to play. ' He said, 'They don't want any gays on the team. Thirteen years later, he told People magaze that "My missn as a gay ballplayer was to break a stereotype...
BASEBALL’S FIRST OUT PLAYER, GLENN BURKE, CREATED THE HIGH-FIVE, BRIEFLY A SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
They n't ever say now that a gay man n't play the majors, bee I'm a gay man and I ma . " Although he did play softball gam and low sle petns like the 1986 Gay Gam basketball, his life still scend to sex and durgs, a hab that secured him a e addictn that stroyed his body. While Burke never me out durg his playg reer, he also ma no effort to hi the fact that he was gay om his teammat.