In
2014, Billy Bean was appointed as Major League Baseball’s first Ambassador for
Inclusion.
His role is to “provide
guidance and training related to efforts to support those in the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community throughout Major League Baseball.”
In other words, he will help gay baseball
players transition and be accepted by fans, teammates, and executives.
He will be a liaison on how to come out and
how to deal with any possible backlash.
Why
Billy Bean? He was the second MLB player
to come out as gay, and the and first to do so while still actively playing.
But
I have to say that I was honestly shocked to find out this information. We actually need a full-time person whose
entire role is to help people come out of the closet? And who is paying for this? The fans.
I’m so glad that I stopped supporting MLB about 15 years ago…
