{"id":138962,"date":"2015-08-29T21:04:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T21:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/29\/baseball-has-an-amazing-gay-history-its-time-to\/"},"modified":"2015-08-29T21:04:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T21:04:45","slug":"baseball-has-an-amazing-gay-history-its-time-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/29\/baseball-has-an-amazing-gay-history-its-time-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Has an Amazing Gay History. It\u2019s Time to Recognize It."},"content":{"rendered":"

Baseball Has an Amazing Gay History. It\u2019s Time to Recognize It.<\/a><\/p>\n

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therealallecto<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Glenn Burke, a black man, came out to his teammates and management in the 1970s; he was treated to the kind of vitriol you\u2019d expect an out, black player to experience forty years ago.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not let him also experience the ignominy of being forgotten.<\/p>\n

It is a travesty that in 2015, there are no out players in major league baseball.\u00a0 It is a travesty that you can take your children to ballgames and expect 50\/50 odds they\u2019ll hear the word \u201cfaggot\u201d tossed around as an insult, or \u201cgay\u201d, or \u201cyou suck dicks\u201d or \u201cyou take it up the ass\u201d or any other number of things in the same vein.\u00a0 It is a travesty that this is still the environment baseball tacitly endorses, by not actively working to change it.\u00a0 And it is a travesty that in my 3+ decades as a baseball fan, I\u2019ve never heard Glenn Burke\u2019s name until today.<\/p>\n

You want to be looked up to?\u00a0 You want to be heroes?\u00a0 You want to inspire people and give them joy?\u00a0 Start by recognizing the not-insignificant number of fans who are actively excluded by the hostile environment you\u2019ve created.\u00a0 Start by acknowledging that it\u2019s a problem.\u00a0 Start by making an atmosphere in which other players might feel comfortable coming out; in which fans can be represented, and children can believe they can grow up to do *anything*, no matter their sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

Start by honoring Glenn Burke, and making him a household name.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baseball Has an Amazing Gay History. It\u2019s Time to Recognize It. therealallecto: Glenn Burke, a black man, came out to his teammates and management in the 1970s; he was treated to the kind of vitriol you\u2019d expect an out, black player to experience forty years ago. Let\u2019s not let him also experience the ignominy of … <\/p>\n

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