For Erica Scherzer, supporting Nationals ‘Night Out’ event for LGBT fans is ‘no-brainer’
For Erica Scherzer, supporting Nationals Night Out event for LGBT fans is no-brainer
By
Dan Steinberg June 11
How an openly gay baseball player would be received in a Major League clubhouse remains untested; it is, in any case, out of Erica Scherzers control.
Whether several thousand gay and lesbian baseball fans will feel welcomed in a Major League park is a much easier proposition. The Nationals have hosted a Night Out for LGBT fans 11 years in a row;
next Wednesdays event, like several of its predecessors, is expected to attract more than 3,000 fans. But while the total attendance wont change, for the first time the spouses of Nats players - led by Scherzer, wife of Max - will be a formal part of the crowd.
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She describes herself as an activist, feminist and advocate for the nonprofit sector
on her Twitter page. Lending her support to the Night Out, she said, was a no-brainer. ... I cant wrap my head around it, I really cant, how you could deny any rights to a person just because they might have a different love interest than you would have, or a different gender identity than you. I just cant understand that, Erica Scherzer said this week. Our guys are on the field they cant come to the stands during the game but we can by extension help show support for the cause.
Scherzers involvement followed
a blog post by Eireann Dolan, the girlfriend of As pitcher Sean Doolittle and the daughter of two gay moms. When Dolan saw that some As season-ticket holders were unhappy about the teams first Pride Night,
she offered to buy their seats and donate them to LGBT youth. Doolittle offered to match any tickets she purchased.