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Love wins in San Francisco as Giants host Pride Day vow renewal ceremony for LGBTQ couples

The Giants set a new precedent for Pride Days with an on-field vow renewal ceremony. Plus: The Gay Mets romp through June and a Thirst Trap to go.

By Ken Schultz | June 21, 2024
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred tells Outsports a gay athlete coming out is a ‘personal decision,’ and baseball will support him

Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, ensures Outsports that MLB is ready to support gay players and fans.

By Cyd Zeigler | June 20, 2024
Commissioners of major men’s sports leagues talk LGBTQ inclusion for Pride.

Various sports commissioners have shared their thoughts on the LGBTQ community and Pride, including MLB's Rob Manfred and NBA's Adam Silver.

By Cyd Zeigler | June 14, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays rock Pride wristbands and shoes, plus our thirst trap is a HR-hitting Prince fan

We love the rainbow Pride wristband and shoes some Tampa Bay Rays players wore for Pride Night. It's progress in MLB for sure.

By Ken Schultz | June 14, 2024
‘Straight up Texas’ is the Texas Rangers’ Pride month slogan, plus a batter channels a gay sports icon

The Rangers slogan change for Pride month raises eyebrows for all the wrong reasons. Plus Mike Tauchman channels a USWNT hero and a puppy-enhanced thirst trap.

By Ken Schultz | June 8, 2024
MLB more pro-gay than Target this Pride Month, and we need more shirtless home run hitters like this player

While it's harder to find rainbow merch in many stores, that won't be the case at the ballpark. Plus: Dale Scott's mini Pride tour and a pecs-fueled Thirst Trap of the Week.

By Ken Schultz | May 31, 2024
29 MLB teams make 2024 Pride Month a rainbow-filled celebration of baseball

From Seattle to Miami, the annual Outsports MLB Pride Night Guide breaks down how rainbows will be breaking out all over MLB throughout June. There is one team that is not having a Pride Night.

By Ken Schultz | May 29, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays’ rainbow clapback to Ron DeSantis, and this MLB thirst trap has an All-Star smile

After their Pride debacle in 2022, the Rays fight for their LGBTQ fans with public displays of Pride colors in defiance of the governor. Plus Thirst Trap of the Week.

By Ken Schultz | May 24, 2024
Triston Casas in a yoga pose with painted nails in Red Sox bobblehead

After holding Barbie Night last fall, the Sox are showing other teams how to make Pride happen outside of June. Plus: fixing starting pitching and Thirst Trap of the Week.

By Ken Schultz | May 17, 2024
A visit to the Jackie Robinson Museum illuminates his courage in creating the template for athlete activists

Robinson set the template for all socially conscious athletes--including LGBTQ icons. Plus: a request for uniform changes and Thirst Trap of the Week.

By Ken Schultz | May 11, 2024
LGBTQ ally Liam Hendriks continues to be an All Star human as he continues rehab

Even facing a long road back to game action, Hendriks is a credit to baseball. Plus: Thirst Trap of the Week pays tribute to an all time great.

By Ken Schultz | May 3, 2024
MLB to ditch ‘see-through’ uniforms next season, union blames Nike

MLB players have been complaining about the new uniforms since the start of spring training, with some saying it looks like they are wearing diapers. But change is coming.

By Jim Buzinski | April 29, 2024
San Francisco Giants’ Camilo Doval unveils a closer entrance worthy of the ‘Drag Race’ crown

The best closers in MLB turn a ballpark into a dance club.Plus: Joey Votto's Swiftie cred and Thirst Trap of the Week.

By Ken Schultz | April 26, 2024
Former umpire sues MLB, says he was fired after complaining about homophobic harassment from female umpire

Major League Baseball is being sued by Brandon Cooper, a former umpire, who is bisexual, who says a fellow umpire harassed him, which ultimately led to his firing.

By Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler | April 24, 2024
Retired Yankee broadcaster John Sterling brought baseball and Broadway together for over three decades

Fans of showtunes and hardball had an unlikely ally in the Yankee announcer. Plus: Padres Pride, Anthony Bowens talks smack, and Thirst Trap of the Week.

By Ken Schultz | April 18, 2024
Rob Gronkowski’s individualism, and yes, that first pitch, can inspire gay athletes and LGBTQ people

So many LGBTQ people feel the pressure to conform to society's expectations. People like Gronk give permission to be yourself.

By Cyd Zeigler | April 16, 2024
Out AEW champion Anthony Bowens returns to baseball in Los Angeles

Anthony Bowens will play his first baseball game in a decade this Sunday with the San Fernando Valley Baseball League's Valley Boys.

By Brian C. Bell | April 14, 2024
Talkin’ Gaysball: Karma reels in the Marlins after their treatment of female GM Kim Ng

Maybe Miami should've thought twice before undercutting MLB's first female GM. Plus, Magic Mike pants and Thirst Trap of the Week.

By Ken Schultz | April 11, 2024
Talkin’ Gaysball: Mets break barriers with co-ed dance crew

The co-ed Queens Crew makes baseball a more welcoming place for dancers who might have not felt like they belonged before. Plus: Thirst trap of the week.

By Ken Schultz | April 4, 2024
‘World Series kind of love.’ Gay retired MLB pitcher TJ House marries his partner

After coming out in 2022, House embarks on a new adventure with life partner Ryan Neitzel.

By Ken Schultz | April 2, 2024
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