Much Ado About Something
Three players for a team in a gay softball league who were disqualified because they were “believed to be heterosexual” sued the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance. Following the team’s second place finish in the 2008 Gay Softball World Series in Seattle other teams filed a protest because of persistent rumors that the team was stacked with straight ringers. The men were then required to answer questions about their sexual orientation and private lives in front of a roomful of 25 people, most of whom were strangers.
In a settlement of the lawsuit the gay organization agreed to pay the players an undisclosed sum, and the team got back its second place trophy. Also it issued a statement that bisexual players are welcome and that it regretted the impact the process had on the players and on their team.
Lesson learned: where there is discrimination, the possibility of reverse discrimination also exists.
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