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Remembering Billy Bean, pioneering gay outfielder who challenged baseball’s homophobia

Outreach Originals James T. Keane / August 20, 2024
HomophobiaLGBTQ historySports

In 1999, four years after his retirement from the major leagues, Bean became one of the few professional baseball players to come out as gay. He died earlier this month.


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