Robbie Rogers disappointed other closeted athletes have not come out
By Rhuaridh Marr
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April 7, 2015
“I thought for sure when one of us came out other people in our sports would come out too.”

— Out soccer star Robbie Rogers, who plays for LA Galaxy, speaking with GQ. Rogers expressed his disappointment with fellow sports stars who’ve refrained from coming out after he, Jason Collins (NBA) and Michael Sam (NFL) did so, believing they had helped open the door for widespread acceptance.
It's Capital Pride week in Washington, D.C., and Steven Webb, a Londoner in town starring in the unabashedly queer Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen at Studio Theatre, is excited to see how the city celebrates the occasion.
"Normally I'm working over Pride," says the actor, bubbly in a baseball cap for our afternoon Zoom call. "When I used to be in the show The Book of Mormon in the West End, during Pride weekend, all the West End shows would come together and do a big Pride warmup, where we'd all wear ridiculous outfits and walk around Soho. And that was always great. But it's so weird because I'm literally here on my own."
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte has vetoed, for the third time since taking office last year, a bill seeking to bar transgender people from bathrooms and other spaces that align with their gender identity.
The "bathroom bill" seeks to carve out exceptions to New Hampshire's 2018 Law Against Discrimination, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The measure was signed into law by former Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.
As reported by the New Hampshire Bulletin, the bill would allow business owners to bar transgender people from restrooms or locker rooms that align with their gender identity, permit female-designated sports teams to exclude transgender women from competition, and allow jails and prisons to assign housing based on a person's sex assigned at birth.
The York Revolution forfeited its scheduled Pride Night game on June 18 after a majority of players refused to wear Pride-themed uniforms.
The minor league baseball team had been scheduled to host the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs as part of its 11th annual Pride Night celebration, during which players were expected to wear jerseys with rainbow sleeves.
But York Revolution President and General Manager Ben Shipley told NBC News that fewer than nine players on the 28-man roster -- the minimum needed to field a team -- were willing to wear the rainbow uniforms. The refusal led to a team meeting, during which Shipley was unable to persuade the objecting players to wear the rainbow-adorned jerseys.

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