Zach Cozart isn’t too happy about Major League Baseball and his old team’s stance against bullying LGBTQ youth.
The former Cincinnati Reds player said on the X show. Spirit Day, One Day GLAAD Now they are hugging each other to show support for young people who are being bullied.
Is it an offensive message? An image that simply says “Reds stand up to bullying”, A more descriptive caption:
“Today, the Reds join MLB in celebrating #SpiritDay by turning purple! We are proud to support LGBTQ youth and speak out against bullying.”
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“This shit is ridiculous,” Cozart wrote to X. “It’s disgusting… Are we going to celebrate the real heroes of our military for months and days?”
Since World War IThe national anthem has been played at sporting events across the country. Every day, the Star-Spangled Banner is played before games at high school, college, and professional sporting events to honor the sacrifices made by military personnel and others who keep the United States of America the freest nation in the world.
Meanwhile, the Reds explicitly honor military “hometown heroes” in the bottom of the second inning of every home game. Literally every game.
This all happened just weeks after the death of Billy Beane, who championed MLB’s participation in Spirit Day. As a closeted gay MLB player and young man, Beane knew the suffering of LGBTQ people.
Cozart then began speaking out about the sexualization of children in the LGBTQ community.
Thankfully, neither MLB nor the Reds listened to Cozart’s opinion, and support for LGBTQ youth will continue beyond Spirit Day.
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Source: Outsports – www.outsports.com
