Current gay mlb players

There have been three gay Major League Baseball players in league history and 11 who played in the minors, including one woman. Peter Dreier does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Since then, attitudes and laws about homosexuality have changed. High-profile figures in business, politics, show business, education, the media, the military and sports have come out of the closet.

Pro baseball, including Major League Baseball, has been played for about years in the U.S. and during that time there have been only three gay or bi players in MLB who have come out, and nine in the minor leagues, including one woman. by ZACHARY ROGERS The National Desk. In an interview with USA TODAY Sports , Bryan Ruby shares why he is outraged that a few players for the Tampa Bay Rays declined to display a rainbow patch of the Rays' logo on their sleeves or on their hats. Ruby recently came out as the first openly gay professional baseball player.

List of gay baseball players in Major League Baseball (MLB) and the minor league. Updated: TJ House, Billy Bean, Jason Burch, Glenn Burke, John Dillinger. Last week, we mourned the passing of outfielder Billy Bean , who came out as gay after his retirement from professional baseball in Had he still been alive, Bean would no doubt be on the phone today with the Boston Red Sox, and more to the point, outfielder Jarren Duran. The Sox handed Duran a two-game suspension on Monday after he was caught yelling a homophobic slur in the direction of a heckling fan during a loss on Sunday at Fenway Park.

Bates is the second Minor League player to come out as gay, joining former Brewers farmhand David Denson, who became the first openly gay player in affiliated baseball in No active Major League player has come out as gay, though Billy Bean, who now works as MLB’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and Glenn Burke both came out after their playing careers ended. The answer is no. A few have come out after their careers. But not really the same.