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Maddie Lee

Cubs’ Marcus Stroman offers support as MLB sends mixed signals during Pride Month

Pitcher Marcus Stroman discussed what being an ally means to him before the Cubs’ annual Pride Celebration at Wrigley Field. File photo. (AP Photos)

 On June 1, the first day of Pride Month, the discourse around Major League Baseball was fueling anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. 

The Dodgers had invited, uninvited and reinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to be honorees at their Pride Night. The Blue Jays’ Anthony Bass had reposted a video on Instagram that called for boycotts of Target and Bud Light for pro-LGBTQ+ stances. 

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