Tag: LGBTQ2S+ community
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Toronto Blue Jays Make Baseball History with Promotion of Nonbinary Catcher
The Toronto Blue Jays have made history by calling up minor-league catcher Brady Deeker, who recently became the first professional baseball player to identify as nonbinary. Deeker’s promotion comes after seven games at Triple-A and two frustrating seasons at Double-A, where the catcher struggled to hit, batting a collective .207. Blue Jays general manager Ross…
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Toronto Blue Jays Cut Player for Not Being “Pro-LGBTQ2S+ Enough”
The Toronto Blue Jays have cut relief pitcher Anthony Bass for not being “pro-LGBTQ2S+ enough,” making him the first player in major-league history to be DFA’ed for associating with traditional biblical morality. While Bass had a mediocre year, with a 4.95 ERA, he had a stellar 2022 season with a 1.54 ERA and had recently…