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How did "____ is the first gay player" become so big recently?
Posted on 8/28/15 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 8/28/15 at 5:44 pm
I'm watching this story about Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke and Burke couldn't have been more open if he tried. I have no idea if baseball will have a "____ is gay!" type story anytime soon, but football and basketball certainly have had them. Have there not been openly gay players in the NBA, NFL, or college football?
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Posted on 8/28/15 at 5:48 pm to ReauxlTide222
Maybe open to their teammates but not to the public
Posted on 8/28/15 at 5:48 pm to ReauxlTide222
Not open in the sense that they had a press conference to announce it
Posted on 8/28/15 at 5:51 pm to wildtigercat93
I don't know. From the looks of it he was in tons of newspaper articles talking about being gay like it was no big deal(which it isn't).
Posted on 8/28/15 at 5:55 pm to ReauxlTide222
Blank space was just a popular guy
Posted on 8/28/15 at 5:58 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Dude was as open as he could have been.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 6:05 pm to ReauxlTide222
Because announcing it now gets you bravery awards and calls from the president. It's a pretty sweet deal.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 6:11 pm to ReauxlTide222
Heteronormative shaming is why it is big
Posted on 8/28/15 at 6:54 pm to CunningLinguist
quote:
Heteronormative
This ain't Tumblr, baw.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 7:00 pm to Them
Yeah, had to google that one.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 7:10 pm to ReauxlTide222
it wasnt that long ago that being openly gay would likely end your career in the entertainment biz.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 7:49 pm to ReauxlTide222
There was a 30 for 30 short on him. Dodgers definitely wanted to keep it under wraps, someone with the team offered him money to get married. He believed that his sexuality was a big reason he was traded. Don't remember if he came out while still playing for Oakland but it seemed about as obvious as you could get.
He was buds with tommy lasordas son who died of aids, who tommy apparently still doesn't believe was gay.
He was buds with tommy lasordas son who died of aids, who tommy apparently still doesn't believe was gay.
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