Forty years after the Cy of Brotherly Love Softball League was found for gay men the ‘80s, the league has broaned s reach — and s need is jt as pertent.
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Weddgs that league members ved each other to, children who they raised together muny (the number of league offsprg outnumbers athlet this year) space of belongg and nnectn was particularly important when the league was first formed for gay men 1983, when homophobia was rampant.
A group of gay baseball players who had worked together the Gay Activists Alliance me together to create a space ee of timidatn and stereotypg, and one that is safe for participants to be their thentic selv. “We were nsc that there were gay men and lbians that were athletic, and probably played straight sports, but weren’t fortable, ” said Jeff Eiberson, a foundg member of the softball league. A woman went up to Schweizer, said she looked like a softball player, and asked if she wanted to play a gay league.
And experience levels vary — some have never picked up a softball before, others have e home wners the Gay Softball World Seri.
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