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Contents:
- CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE ONLY MLB TEAM WH PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY
- THE DODGERS WILL FALLY HONOR GAY BASEBALLER GLENN BURKE AFTER MISTREATG HIM S AGO
- 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: THE ONLY MLB TEAM WH PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY
At Pri Night, Los Angel will celebrate the life of Glenn Burke, M.L.B.’s first openly gay player. His fay will be there hopg the honor mak Burke “partially whole.” * dodgers gay player *
’s first openly gay player. In stagg their nth annual LGBTQ+ Pri Night, they will celebrate their former outfielr — and the first major leaguer to have e out as gay — on Friday durg their seri wh the closg the circle 44 years later.
”The issue, of urse, was that the Dodgers’ management had figured out Burke was gay. Lasorda Jr., who was known by many as Spunky, was also gay and died of AIDS plitns 1991, though his father publicly nied his son’s sexualy and the e of his ath.
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THE DODGERS WILL FALLY HONOR GAY BASEBALLER GLENN BURKE AFTER MISTREATG HIM S AGO
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9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
Dodgers have had Major League Baseball’s only 2 openly gay players. In the history of Major League Baseball, there have been only two players who have e out as gay: Glenn Burke and Billy Bean.
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