(CNN)Chicago White Sox Minor League baseball participant Anderson Comas introduced he’s “proudly and fortunately a part of the LGTBQ+ neighborhood,” in an Instagram post on Sunday.
“I am additionally a human with an incredible soul, I am respectful, I am a lover, I really like my household and associates and that is what actually issues, I take pleasure in my work loads, being knowledgeable baseball participant is the very best factor that occurred to me so I simply wanna say one thing to these individuals that claims that homosexual individuals can’t be somebody on this life, nicely take a look at me I am Homosexual and I am knowledgeable athlete so that did not stopped (sic) me to make my goals come true,” Comas mentioned.
Comas, 23, is a transformed outfielder who now pitches. He spent final season within the White Sox single A crew, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers in North Carolina.
He warned that his Instagram publish was not for everybody.
“When you’re homophobic this publish might not (be) for you….so you may see all of us issues and all of us are the identical…
“I am doing this trigger I wanna be an inspiration for these like me on the market becoming for his or her goals, please do not hearken to these silly issues that individuals say about us, struggle in your goals, consider in your self and go for it,” he added.
Chris Getz, White Sox assistant common supervisor/participant improvement, mentioned the crew was “proud” of Anderson and confirmed he “first shared his information with us final 12 months,” in a Chicago White Sox tweet on Sunday.
“And I used to be more than happy that he was comfy sharing with us in participant improvement. I additionally was comfortable on the response throughout the group, which as you’d count on was to help, assist and congratulate a teammate. Together with his social media publish at the moment, we’re so pleased with Anderson and that he’s comfy sharing such an necessary private a part of his life so overtly,” Getz added.
Comas joins pitcher Solomon Bates, who got here out as homosexual after being launched in 2022 when he was a minor leaguer within the Giants group, and former Brewers farmhand David Denson, who turned the primary overtly homosexual energetic participant in affiliated baseball in 2015.
