I’ve been reading, listening to various responses regarding the San Francisco Giants caps on the Pride Night, some pros and some cons. To educate myself with some background facts I found that 16% of the San Francisco population identifies as LGBTQ+ and California is 5.1%. The San Francisco Pride cap was introduced in 2021. The rainbow symbol was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978 and introduced and commissioned by Harvey Milk at the first official S.F. Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 1, 1978. The “self-created” emblem of pride and diversity was to be distinct from the painful Pink Triangle; according to Mr. Milk. While it’s important to understand S.F. Pride history, it’s also important to understand the other 84% population’s history, beliefs and rights; as we live, socialize and work side by side.
The MLB Commissioner admitted that this incident was caused by a miscommunication at the league level (S.F. Giants) because “Yes, there are uniform guidelines, but there are also options for the players and staff if they so wish, therefore no punishment only a warning will be issued to the players; but the back office staff needs to in the future communicate more clearly for hosted events.”
The players who chose to write a Bible verse on their cap only tried to communicate and express that the “original rainbow” was created by God not man (Mr. Baker or Mr. Milk). I hope that the league, players and all fans can move on and play baseball without controversy, protests and name calling.
Well written, Ms. King. With the controversy, protests, and name calling infecting every other part of our existence, let’s allow sports to be an escape where we can enjoy hot dogs, cheese fries, soda, ice cold lemonade, and/or whatever floats your culinary boat. And let’s enjoy women’s sports comprising of biological women.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(1) comment
Well written, Ms. King. With the controversy, protests, and name calling infecting every other part of our existence, let’s allow sports to be an escape where we can enjoy hot dogs, cheese fries, soda, ice cold lemonade, and/or whatever floats your culinary boat. And let’s enjoy women’s sports comprising of biological women.
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.