Fredo Álvarez

Pride and baseball

The large video display at Oracle Park in San Francisco displaying a welcome message for the Giants' Pride Day game on June 15, 2024.

Hi gay! We’re now roughly halfway through Pride month; coincidentally, we’re approaching the halfway point of the 2026 Major League Baseball season. With all that in mind, MLB teams from coast to coast will host Pride-themed games1 this month, which purport to welcome LGBTQ+ fans with the idea that baseball is for everyone.

AIDS/LifeCycle Support Dwindling

A line of cyclists riding along the edge of a road on a sunny day. The cyclist closest to the camera wears a jersey with the AIDS/LifeCycle word mark printed across the center back and END AIDS along the lower back.

Via SF Standard: The most recent [AIDS/LifeCycle (ALC)], which departed from the Cow Palace early on the first Sunday in June, had about 1,400 cyclists, a dramatic dropoff from the approximately 2,500 who rode in 2022. Fewer riders has meant less money for the organizations that depend on the event. This year ALC raised $10,984,492, […]

Billy Bean, 1964–2024

A man sitting on a wooden bench wearing a baseball glove on his left hand.

Billy Bean, the second Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, passed away today after a yearlong battle against acute myeloid leukemia.