August 18, 2015

BP Milwaukee

Coming Out: David Denson Makes, and Continues, History

by Jack Moore

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Over the weekend, Brewers minor leaguer David Denson became the first player on an affiliated professional baseball team to come out as gay. While Denson is the first to come out to the public, he's certainly not the first gay player in baseball. Learning more about the experiences the players from the past faced tells us just how far we've come and what Denson's coming out really means. At BP Milwaukee, Jack Moore looks back on the experiences Billy Bean and Glenn Burke had being gay and in baseball and discusses just what Denson's coming out means. Read the story here.