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• DAVID DENSON MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER BASEBALL
• DAVID DENSON, GAY BASEBALL PROSPECT, ACHIEV A KEY VICTORY: BEG HIMSELF
• MLB 'VERY PROUD' OF DAVID DENSON, OPENLY GAY PLAYER AND BASEBALL PNEER
• MLB’S FIRST ACTIVE OUT GAY PLAYER DAVID DENSON RETIR OM BASEBALL
• DAVID DENSON, OPENLY GAY MOR LEAGUER, RECEIV ENURAGEMENT
• NOT: FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DAVID DENSON RETIR OM BASEBALL
• DAVID DENSON IS FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER ON MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-AFFILIATED TEAM
• DAVID DENSON, GAY MOR LEAGUER, HAS POWER BUT FAC LONG ODDS
• GAY MOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PCHER DAVID DENSON OUT
• DAVID DENSON, BREWERS MOR LEAGUER, OUT AS GAY, MAK HISTORY
• DAVID DENSON: FIRST OPENLY GAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER
• MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL BASEBALL PLAYER
• DAVID DENSON, PRO BASEBALL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, HAS HELP ON HIS JOURNEY
• BREWERS MOR-LEAGUER MAK BASEBALL HISTORY BY G OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• BARRIER BROKEN: PROSPECT SHAR THAT HE'S GAY

DAVID DENSON MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER BASEBALL

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David Denson, a first baseman for the Milwkee Brewers’ rookie affiliate Helena, Montana, ma baseball history this weekend by revealg that he is gay. Sce retirg om profsnal baseball 1995, Bean has spoken equently about the prsure gay athlet face to nceal their sexualy. As Major League Baseball’s first Ambassador for Incln, Bean unseled Denson on his cisn to reveal he is gay.

DAVID DENSON, GAY BASEBALL PROSPECT, ACHIEV A KEY VICTORY: BEG HIMSELF

“Any player who happens to be gay and is a profsnal and has kept that secret, they jt want to be judged for their baseball or football or basketball abily. “The bety of what uld e om this is he n be an example that n help change that perceptn and change the stereotype that there would never be a gay person on a men’s profsnal sports team.

”The burn of tryg to keep his inty as a gay man secret the largely closeted world of profsnal sports fally beme too much. After an impromptu addrs to his teammat wh the Milwkee Brewers’ mor league affiliate Helena, Mont., Denson beme the first player a Major League Baseball anizatn to e out publicly as gay. “Thank you, ” Denson earlier, the Milwkee Brewers mor leaguer had bee the first openly gay active player on a team affiliated wh Major League news broke the middle of the send game, after he reached out to the Milwkee Journal Sentel.

”In June, pcher Sean Conroy of the Sonoma Stompers of the pennt Pacific Associatn revealed he is gay. Bean disclosed he was gay after his playg reer the majors.

MLB 'VERY PROUD' OF DAVID DENSON, OPENLY GAY PLAYER AND BASEBALL PNEER

David Denson, the only publicly out gay player MLB or Mor League Baseball, has retired, announcg his parture om the game on Monday. Denson was the only remag active athlete “The Big Four” sports leagu who was publicly out as gay.

MLB’S FIRST ACTIVE OUT GAY PLAYER DAVID DENSON RETIR OM BASEBALL

The NHL has never had a current or former athlete e out publicly as gay. Baseball|David Denson, Openly Gay Mor Leaguer, Receiv Enuragement Randolph/ 16, 2015IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — It had been a long day and night for David Denson, so many team had been swept a doublehear the low-level Pneer League, he had not had much luck htg, and he had ma a throwg was not a total the 20-year-old Denson head to the Helena Brewers’ clubhoe at Melal Field late Saturday, a middle-aged fan of the opposg Idaho Falls Chars approached and extend his hand.

“Thank you, ” Denson earlier, Denson had bee the first openly gay active player on a team affiliated wh Major League Baseball. ”In June, pcher Sean Conroy of the Sonoma Stompers of the pennt Pacific Associatn revealed he was gay.

’ ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn D, Page 2 of the New York edn wh the headle: Openly Gay Mor Leaguer Breaks Ground.

DAVID DENSON, OPENLY GAY MOR LEAGUER, RECEIV ENURAGEMENT

- Milwkee Brewers mor-league first baseman/outfielr David Denson unexpectedly retired om baseball Monday but said the cisn was unrelated to g out 2015 as the first openly gay player affiliated baseball. 15, 2015 when he beme the first player affiliated baseball to announce he is gay an terview wh the Journal Sentel. He already had e out to teammat wh the Brewers’ rookie club Helena, Mont., and did so publicly after much liberatn and nsultatn, cludg the backg of gay former big-leaguer Billy Bean, now a Major League Baseball vice print and special assistant to Commissner Rob Maned.

NOT: FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DAVID DENSON RETIR OM BASEBALL

”Denson said he didn't want to upset people by leavg baseball, pecially those wrtlg wh the cisn to e out as gay. I showed jt bee I’m gay don’t make me any different or ls of a person. Denson, 20, beme the first player to e out publicly as gay while on a team affiliated wh Major League Baseball, after tellg his story to The Milwkee Journal-Sentel an article published onle Saturday.

DAVID DENSON IS FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER ON MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-AFFILIATED TEAM

Earlier this year, a teammate jokgly lled Denson a “faggot” the locker room, whout realizg he was actually gay.

But even after g out to his teammat Helena, wasn't enough, so he ntacted gay former player Billy Bean, who serv as the MLB's ambassador for cln. “The bety of what uld e om this is he n be an example that n help change that perceptn and change the stereotype that there would never be a gay person on a men's profsnal sports team.

DAVID DENSON, GAY MOR LEAGUER, HAS POWER BUT FAC LONG ODDS

But now, many more people will be watchg his attempt to an terview wh The Milwkee Journal Sentel on Saturday, Denson beme the first active player affiliated wh Major League Baseball to publicly reveal that he was gay. ”Major League Baseball has never had an active player who was openly gay. Dale Stt, an umpire, me out of the major Amerin team sports have started to wele their first publicly gay athlet.

Has not had an openly gay player on a team’s active roster. Michael Sam, who announced he was gay before the St.

GAY MOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PCHER DAVID DENSON OUT

He left the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouett last week, cg personal openly gay men have played the N.

David Denson, a Mor League player the Milwkee Brewers system, has e out publicly as gay.

The 20-year-old form Wt Hills, Calif., be the first Mor League Baseball player to e out publicly as gay while still playg. MLBMilwkee Brewers mor leaguer David Denson has bee the first openly gay player on a team affiliated wh Major League Baseball. 1st openly gay player on team affiliated wh MLBBrewers mor leaguer David Denson has bee the first openly gay player on a team affiliated wh Major League Baseball.

DAVID DENSON, BREWERS MOR LEAGUER, OUT AS GAY, MAK HISTORY

" (Associated Prs)A Milwkee Brewers mor leaguer has bee the first openly gay player on a team affiliated wh Major League Denson, wh the help of former major leaguer Billy Bean, reached out to the Milwkee Journal Sentel to tell his story.

- Brewers mor leaguer David Denson on g out as gayThe 20-year-old first baseman plays for the Helena Brewers the rookie Pneer League. Bean, MLB's first Ambassador for Incln, disclosed he is gay after his playg reer. "In June, pcher Sean Conroy of the Sonoma Stompers of the pennt Pacific Associatn revealed he is gay.

DAVID DENSON: FIRST OPENLY GAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER

Mor league baseball player David Denson, a first baseman on a farm team of the Milwkee Brewers, has bee the first openly gay player on a team affiliated wh Major League Baseball. Bean, Major League Baseball's first Ambassador for Incln, revealed he is gay after his playg reer. In June, pcher Sean Conroy of the Sonoma Stompers of the pennt Pacific Associatn, revealed he is gay.

Acrdg to Rters, only two major league players have ever e out publicly as gay – Bean and Glenn Burke – and both had already left the game. Other profsnal athlet who have disclosed their homosexualy recent years clu football player Michael Sam, who was drafted by the St.

MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL BASEBALL PLAYER

Natnal Basketball Associatn player Jason Colls bee the first active player a major profsnal team sport to e out publicly as gay 2013. Denson, who had stggled for years wh his sexual inty, answered back"Be reful, bee you never teammate flashed him a look of surprise, and Denson knew he uld not unrg that bell—he had jt outed PflugerA long nversatn wh his teammat ensued, and by the end of Denson, a native of La Puente, California, beme the first openly gay player affiliated wh now plays for the Class A Wisns Timber Rattlers, a team four ngs below the major league level. In other words, he has a long way to go before beg the first openly gay player to don a major league uniform.

But along wh Michael Sam, Jason Colls, and Derrick Gordon, Denson is a trailblazer the gay and athletic he is dog somethg he never thought he would—playg baseball out of the PflugerIt wasn't until I was eighteen that I knew I was gay. When I was younger, I knew there were gay people.

DAVID DENSON, PRO BASEBALL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, HAS HELP ON HIS JOURNEY

I n now relate thgs to was hard for my mother, bee she has iends who are gay and lbian who've faced harassment. That part everybody what almost nobody knew, not even his mother, was that he was had never been an openly gay male a major profsnal team sport the U. And no one knew whether a gay athlete would be accepted those locker rooms and s later gay marriage is the law of the land and there are a rerd seven gay members of Congrs.

Yet there still had not been an openly gay profsnal baseball player when Bean got a ll om a stgglg 20-year-old mor leaguer named David Denson last sprg.

BREWERS MOR-LEAGUER MAK BASEBALL HISTORY BY G OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

”Last month a teammate unwtgly gave Denson, who plays for the Milwkee Brewers’ rookie league affiliate Helena, Mont., the openg he need to change that, addrsg him wh an ugly ephet ed to refer to gay men. By the time he admted he was gay, most of the team was listeng. Eventually David Denson went to the Brewers, the Milwkee paper reported, cryg as he rmed farm director Reid Nichols and two mor league ach that he was gay.

MLB hired him 13 months ago to te players and league employe about sexism, homophobia and racism, and help create an atmosphere of acceptance around the months of Bean’s hirg two MLB club employe me out — one durg a Bean prentatn. Bean and former Dodger Glenn Burke both me out as gay only after they had left baseball, part bee of the prsure of keepg their homosexualy a secret.

BARRIER BROKEN: PROSPECT SHAR THAT HE'S GAY

“I did not have great self-teem about beg gay when I was playg. For so long, David Denson sperately wanted to reveal to his baseball teammat that he is gay. A first baseman for the Milwkee Brewers' rookie affiliate Helena, Mont., Denson had jt entered the clubhoe a month or so ago when a teammate jokgly referred to him g a rogatory term for a gay male.

That teammate had no way of knowg Denson actually is gay, but the 20-year-old slugger of Ain-Amerin and Hispanic scent quickly seized the opportuny. Until he me out publicly as gay and released that burn, Denson didn't thk he uld tly blossom and realize his potential on the field. In dog so, he be the first active player affiliated profsnal baseball to reveal he is gay.

Sean Conroy, a pcher for the Sonoma Stompers of the pennt Pacific Associatn, revealed June that he is gay, beg the first active pro baseball player to do so. In the history of the game, only two major-leaguers revealed they were gay — Glenn Burke and Bean — and both did so after leavg the game. Former NBA player Jason Colls announced that he is gay after the 2013 season when he was a ee agent.