Baseball
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Bronx cheer: Why won’t the Yankees support their LGBT fans?
Friday, July 14, 2017The only 'pride' the most popular sports team in the city that gave birth to the modern LGBTQ rights movement have is in pinstripes, not a rainbow. -
This video of gay couples smooching for the Dodgers’ Kiss Cam is everything
Tuesday, June 13, 2017Pucker up! It's your night. -
First openly gay pro baseball player David Denson retires from the game
Thursday, March 23, 2017Leaving the game had nothing to do with his coming out. If anything, the pressure to be a positive role model for gay athletes inspired him to stick it out as long as he did. -
Baseball players cry foul over end of misogynist and transphobic hazing ritual
Wednesday, December 14, 2016A straight ally group says the hazing ban will hopefully end "discrimination and harassment based on gender identity and expression." -
Seattle Mariners apologize after double header of homophobia
Friday, September 2, 2016Two LGBTQ couples have been reprimanded for showing affection at Mariners' games in two weeks. The last incident happened at the team's inaugural Pride Night. -
Gay baseball player Billy Bean throws first pitch at Mets Pride Night
Sunday, August 14, 2016Bean says it's not the goal for baseball players to reveal their sexuality, but it's important to provide a respectful workplace. Currently, there are no out active players in the NBA, NFL, NHL or MLB. -
Trans pianist to perform at Mets LGBT Pride Night
Thursday, August 4, 2016Sara Davis Buechner boasted: "Better than Carnegie Hall, I say, where there’s no beer or hot dogs in the upper deck." -
Padres rehire fired DJ after plea by Gay Men’s Chorus
Friday, May 27, 2016The man whose push of the wrong button (and humiliated 100 volunteer singers from the San Diego Gay Chorus) has been given a second chance. -
Major League Baseball promotes Billy Bean, hires Curtis Pride for inclusion posts
Thursday, January 7, 2016Billy Bean has been promoted to vice president for social responsibility and inclusion; Curtis Pride has also been added as an ambassador for inclusion. -
The antigay past of the Mets’ Daniel Murphy comes back to haunt him
Tuesday, October 20, 2015The Mets' second baseman may soon regret some homophobic comments he made when he wasn't as well-known.
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