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• ‘DALE, WE KNOW YOU’RE GAY. WE DON’T RE.’ HOW A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE ME OUT
• MLB UMPIRE DALE STT RETIR, SAYS G OUT AS GAY UNBURNED HIM
• THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE REFLECTS ON G OUT, COORS FIELD AND THE ‘ROBO-UMPIRE’
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• MLB'S FIRST GAY UMPIRE IGNORED ON OPENG DAY AND THAT'S HOW SHOULD BE
• DALE STT’S TOBGRAPHY AS AN OPENLY GAY MLB UMPIRE IS A WNER
• FIRST GAY MLB UMPIRE CAME OUT AND THE CROWD WENT MILD
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

‘DALE, WE KNOW YOU’RE GAY. WE DON’T RE.’ HOW A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE ME OUT

Stt me out as gay 2014. The first time any of my lleagu said anythg to me about beg gay was durg sprg trag ’98 or ’99. Dale, we know you’re gay.

MLB UMPIRE DALE STT RETIR, SAYS G OUT AS GAY UNBURNED HIM

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There were a hundred thgs sayg, Dale’s gay. “Dale Stt recently beme the first Major League umpire to e out as gay.

THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE REFLECTS ON G OUT, COORS FIELD AND THE ‘ROBO-UMPIRE’

I told all three the same thg: I’m still gay.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Bs as ual, never heard anythg om the stands about beg gay.

In a perfect world, everyone gay would e out and blow away the stereotyp and prenceived notns of who, what, and how many we are.

MLB'S FIRST GAY UMPIRE IGNORED ON OPENG DAY AND THAT'S HOW SHOULD BE

Are there gay umpir workg Major League Baseball right now?

Are there gay players?

DALE STT’S TOBGRAPHY AS AN OPENLY GAY MLB UMPIRE IS A WNER

I heard om police officers, firemen, members of the ary, mothers, fathers, om those who were straight, gay, bi, out, closeted. Of the hundreds of msag and ments, lerally two were hateful or homophobic.

FIRST GAY MLB UMPIRE CAME OUT AND THE CROWD WENT MILD

Closeted gay ach, police and fire personnel, teachers, and many others said this took them another step closer to walkg through that closet door. Bee I want to be known not as “that gay umpire” but, stead, jt as an umpire who happens to be gay.

I wonred how thgs would have been different if I’d had an umpire to look up to, a role mol dog what I was strivg to do and who, oh by the way, happened to be gay?

Jt a few months earlier December 2014, a story on Outsports, Stt had discsed for the first time beg an openly gay umpire, the first the sport’s history. "I didn't really thk about this or expect this, ” Stt told Outsports this week, “but when I walked onto the field for the first time sprg trag and throughout the season [as an openly gay man], there were tim when I thought there was a burn lifted off of my shoulrs and that I'm totally a ee man now.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

He is leavg wh no regrets and is pecially glad that he cid to e out publicly as gay before retirg. His boss at MLB and fellow umpir knew he was gay for years and never negatively affected his reer.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND NDNG ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

But by gog public, he was able to spire others, both and out of baseball, who never would have known that MLB had a gay umpire and that was a non-issue. One person who reached out was an assistant traer for an MLB team who is gay but not out to his team.

“I don't thk the first thg fans are thkg is that's the gay guy that ma that ll.