MLB player-turned-LGBT advocate: ‘living a secret life.’

November 13, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY, SPORTS Comments Off on MLB player-turned-LGBT advocate: ‘living a secret life.’
Bill Bean, MLB's vice president of Social Responsibility and Inclusion, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the San Francisco Giants, Friday, June 17, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Among the four major professional sports leagues, there are no active players who identify as a member of the LGBTQ community.

The issue of coming out as an active player is one that Billy Bean, a former Major League Baseball (MLB) journeyman and…