The first active NFL player to e out as gay has some sweet kicks.
Contents:
- GAY BASEBALL PRO BRYAN RUBY ADDRS RAYS PLAYERS’ REFAL TO WEAR PRI PATCH
- GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SAYS 'DISCRIMATN AND HATE HAS A VOICE BASEBALL' AFTER TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR PRI NIGHT UNIFORMS
- GAY BASEBALL PLAYER SLAMS MLB PLAYERS WHO WOULDN'T WEAR LGBT LORS ON 'PRI NIGHT'
GAY BASEBALL PRO BRYAN RUBY ADDRS RAYS PLAYERS’ REFAL TO WEAR PRI PATCH
Athlete Ally is foced on endg homophobia and transphobia sport; and Stonewall UK has spent the last 30 years posively transformg the liv of many the LGBTQIA+ muny. Florida particular has been the news due to the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which Gov. Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib set a precent earlier this year by beg the first active player NFL history to e out as gay — and now he’s one of the first players NFL history to dite a pair of ctom cleats to an LGBTQ+ reported by OutSports, Nassib and Cleveland Browns fullback Johnny Stanton both signed cleats LGBTQ+ lors for the NFL’s annual My Cse My Cleats iative, which was found 2016 to help players fundraise for their favore .
I appreciate the [Cleveland Browns] for supportg me the e to end homophobia and transphobia sports, ” Stanton wrote on the bt of what’s queer. Here's a list of those the profsnal and llege baseball world proud enough to wear a rabow p wh their pstrip and e out as gay. An outfielr for the Los Angel Dodgers and the Oakland A's between 1976 and 1979, Glenn Burke beme the first Major League Baseball player to e out as gay to teammat and owners while still active, though the team asked that he keep his sexualy secret om the public and he plied.
Two years later, he told Insi Sports that he believed he'd been let go om the Dodgers bee he was gay. He beme one of few proment gay athlet of the era after that, playg the Gay Gam 1982 and 1986.
GAY PRO BASEBALL PLAYER SAYS 'DISCRIMATN AND HATE HAS A VOICE BASEBALL' AFTER TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR PRI NIGHT UNIFORMS
"They n't ever say now that a gay man n't play the majors, bee I'm a gay man and I ma , " he told The Philalphia Inquirer. @billybeanballThe only livg Major League Baseball veteran who has e out as gay, outfielr Billy Bean played for the Tigers, Dodgers, and Padr over a reer that spanned om 1987 to 1995.
He me out four years after retirg om the field, and wrote his 2003 book Gog the Other Way: Lsons From a Life and Out of Major League Baseball that the bullyg and homophobic world of baseball led him to walk away om pro ball. "Beg gay don't change anythg about the way I play or teract wh teammat, " he said a team statement released for Pri Month.
GAY BASEBALL PLAYER SLAMS MLB PLAYERS WHO WOULDN'T WEAR LGBT LORS ON 'PRI NIGHT'
@_DavidD_41A first baseman for the Helena Brewers, rhe Milwkee Brewers' rookie affiliate team Montana, David Denson 2015 beme the first player affiliated wh Major League Baseball to e out as gay. @DunngtonTylerA pcher for rookie and Class A teams affiliated wh the Cardals 2014, Dunngton told Outsports he left pro ball bee of homophobia. "I experienced both ach and players make remarks on killg gay people durg my time baseball, and each ment felt like a knife to my heart, " he said.