In major league baseball only two players have publicly me out as gay other than that few of mor league players have done so.
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.
THE DODGERS WILL FALLY HONOR GAY BASEBALLER GLENN BURKE AFTER MISTREATG HIM S AGO
In 1978, the L.A. Dodgers trad Burke bee s manager disapproved of him beg gay. Now, 44 years later, they're fally honorg his trailblazg athleticism. * dodgers 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.
9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS 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. One teammate, Clll Washgton, said Mart troduced Burke to the team wh a homophobic slur. Bean, also a former Dodgers outfielr, was the send — and still the only other — ex-big-leaguer to e out as gay.
”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn B, Page 7 of the New York edn wh the headle: The Dodgers Offer a Belated Embrace To a Player Shunned for Beg Gay.
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