Before he me out as gay followg his reer, Glenn Burke brought a new way of celebratg to baseball and the world.
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
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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. 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.
DEEP INSI HOLLYWOOD: JAMIE LEE CURTIS HIGH FIV A GAY BASEBALL LEGEND
Thirteen years later, he told People magaze that "My missn as a gay ballplayer was to break a stereotype... They n't ever say now that a gay man n't play the majors, bee I'm a gay man and I ma .
BASEBALL’S FIRST OUT PLAYER, GLENN BURKE, CREATED THE HIGH-FIVE, BRIEFLY A SYMBOL OF GAY PRI
" 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. Burke’s big league reer was short and tumultuo, marked by clash wh homophobic managers Tommy Lasorda and Billy Mart.
Its orig is documented to the Los Angel Dodgers’ Glenn Burke, the first gay player Major League Baseball out to his teammat and management.