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LA DODGERS WILL HONOR GLENN BURKE — THE FIRST MLB PLAYER TO SAY HE WAS GAY — AT TONIGHT'S PRI NIGHT GAME

Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer. * los angeles dodgers gay pride *

A centerpiece of the celebratn: honorg former outfielr, Glenn Burke, the first major league player to e out as gay. "We're gog to honor Glenn and his memory and his urage for livg his thentic life, " said Braverman, who noted that he wasn't out at work as a gay man when he first started workg for the Dodgers. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence show their support durg the gay pri para Wt Hollywood on June 12, 2016.

Dollars spent by the homophobic and transphobic fans are still dollars.

The Dodgers nohels went through wh the event, a cisn people the anizatn reflect on now wh, well, Dodgers have sce veloped a reputatn as one of the most gay-iendly anizatn sports, untg Billie Jean Kg as one of their owners and Erik Braverman as part of their ont what changed?

LOS ANGEL DODGERS RESTATE GAY 'NUN' GROUP FOR PRI NIGHT AWARD

(Rod Eckenroth / Getty Imag) However, the outrage triggered by that cisn threatened to rail Pri Night entirely, an oute unacceptable to the Dodgers, whose senr vice print for marketg, munitns and broadstg, Erik Braverman, is gay and a rpected voice champng LGBTQ+ acceptance throughout baseball. “Do you believe that the Los Angel Dodgers are beg ‘clive and welg to everyone’ by givg an award to a group of gay and transgenr drag performers that tentnally mocks and gras Christians — and not only Christians, but nuns, who vote their liv to servg others? Everyone attendance will be treated to a pregame ceremony featurg a Natnal Anthem performance by Wils, appearanc by Billy Bean former-Dodger and the send MLB player to e out as gay and Dale Stt, the first openly gay MLB umpire, amongst others.

And that's why, y, the headpiece may look like a medieval French nun, but the rt looks absolutely gay, trans, queer if you will. But as a proud father of a dghter who is gay, I view this through the ey of the great MC Plaschke, and n clearly see that the Sisters’ good works far outweigh their ntroversial stum nnot tmp thentic rg. Chris Pon, spirual director for the Los Angel archdce’s Catholic Mistry Wh Lbian and Gay Persons.

“Billie Jean Kg was for sure a very important figure gay rights and the rights of women sport many years ago, and that is somethg to honor and rpect, but today looks like she’s jt an average n-of-the-l palist, ” he said. Outsports is the world’s leadg gay-sports publitn.

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