The scene was electric. ATT Park, home field for Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants. A full house of 42,000 fans on hand for a divisional rivalry game with the Arizona Diamondbacks. It was also the 10th Annual LGBT Night game from this pioneering pro sports team. The crowd included 1,000 purchasers of a special LGBT ticket that included a private pre-game party and an exclusive rainbow-themed knit cap. For the second year in a row, these special LGBT tickets sold out weeks before the game.
Just before the Giants came to bat in the bottom of the 6th inning, the
enormous scoreboard presented a wonderful video salute to two major
anniversaries being celebrated in 2012: the 40th Anniversary of the San
Francisco Gay Softball League, and the 30th Anniversary of Gay Games I.
The ovation for this video must have inspired the team, since they
promptly went out and scored to tie the game 1 - 1.
One inning later, a quintet of singers from the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco led the sold-out crowd in an a capella performance of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame," also captured on video. This too must have inspired the home team since the Giants went on to score two more runs. They won the game 3 - 1, breaking the four year "curse" of losing on LGBT Night.
A portion of the proceeds from the 1,000 special LGBT tickets will be shared by several beneficiary organizations: the Federation of Gay Games, Team San Francisco, and the San Francisco Gay Softball League.
To the San Francisco Giants, for the 10th year in a row, the LGBT Community of the San Francisco Bay Area says "thank you" to the most generous and progressive of all professional sports organizations!
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7-9 September 2012 Brussels Games Brussels Learn more HERE. | 26-28 October 2012 QueergamesBern Bern, Switzerland The success of the first edition of the QueergamesBern proved the need for an LGBT multisport event in Switzerland. This year will be even bigger, with badminton, bowling, running, walking, floorball. Learn more HERE. | 17-20 January 2013 Sin City Shootout Las Vegas Learn more HERE. | 13-16 June 2013 IGLFA Euro Cup Dublin Learn more HERE. |
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