On Friday night, athlet and sports admistrators will be honoured the first class of ducte to what anizers say is a first-of-s-kd: the U.S. Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame Chigo.
Contents:
- 9 DUCTED TO NATNAL GAY AND LBIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME
- U.S. GAY AND LBIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME TO DUCT GURAL CLASS
- NATNAL GAY AND LBIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME DUCTS 26 FIRST-CLASS MEMBERS
9 DUCTED TO NATNAL GAY AND LBIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME
In 2015 Allums was ducted to the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame. Layshia Clarendon: As a “biracial, black, gay, female, genrqueer and Christian” WBNA basketball player for the Atlanta Dream, Layshia Clarendon has proven to be a formidable force both on and off the urt. Billy Bean: Billy Bean is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player, and the send MLB player to publicly e out as gay.
In 2014, he also beme the MLB’s first Ambassador for Incln, workg to remove homophobia and transphobia the sport.
John Amaechi: John Amaechi, who shared his g out story a vio for HRC, is the first former NBA player to publicly e out as gay.
U.S. GAY AND LBIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME TO DUCT GURAL CLASS
Amaechi has been an outspoken cric of homophobia sports, and works to promote an clive and open environment for LGBTQ basketball players across the untry. Robbie Rogers: After signg wh the Los Angel Galaxy 2014, Robbie Rogers beme the first openly gay male athlete any of the five major North Amerin sports leagu. In 2015, Rogers was ducted to the Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame.
After Sacramento Kgs guard Rajon Rondo’s stalked Kennedy on the urt and allegedly ma homophobic slurs toward him durg a 2015 game Mexi Cy, Kennedy publicly me out as gay, and beme the send openly gay NBA official referee history. Ne people were ducted to the third class of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame Chigo this weekend.
The honore clu two current pro athlet -- soccer players Megan Rapoe and Robbie Rogers -- and openly gay Major League Baseball umpire Dale Stt. Robbie Rogers, openly gay pro soccer player for the Los Angel Galaxy. Dale Stt, the first openly gay Major League Baseball umpire.
NATNAL GAY AND LBIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME DUCTS 26 FIRST-CLASS MEMBERS
Chris Man, a champn powerlifter who is openly gay. Gene Dermody, a pneer LGBT wrtlg and former print of the Feratn of Gay Gam.
Roger Brigham, longtime member of the Feratn of Gay Gam, and the first openly gay sports edor at a major metropolan daily, the Anchorage Daily News, 1982. CHICAGO -- Dave Pallone, who was part of Chigo history when he umpired the first night game at Wrigley Field, is returng to Chigo to take part another chapter of Amerin sports history: His cln the gural class of what anizers say is the first-of-s-kd Natnal Gay & Lbian Sports Hall of Fame.
On Friday night, Pallone will be honoured the first class of ducte that clus tennis greats Marta Navratilova and Billie Jean Kg, Olympic divg champn Greg Louganis, and Jason Colls, who April beme the first active male profsnal athlete a major team sport to publicly reveal he was gay. Rick Garcia, a proment Illois gay rights activist agreed, sayg he hop the hall of fame enurag gay and lbian youth to "have a reer sports and excel that reer and still be hont about who they are.