Milwaukee Brewers' Rookie David Denson Comes Out The First Openly Gay Player For MLB

 Milwaukee Brewers' Rookie David Denson Comes Out The First Openly
 Gay Player For MLB

BHR Hollywood Reports.........For so long, David Denson desperately wanted to reveal to his baseball teammates that he is gay. He just never envisioned it happening in such impromptu and unstructured fashion.

A first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers' rookie affiliate in Helena, Mont., Denson had just entered the clubhouse a month or so ago when a teammate jokingly referred to him using a derogatory term for a gay male.


David Denson

 It was the kind of profane, politically incorrect banter heard in that environment since team sports have been around.

“Talking with my teammates, they gave me the confidence I needed, coming out to them,” Denson told the newspaper. “They said, ‘You’re still our teammate.


David Denson Batting

You’re still our brother. We kind of had an idea, but your sexuality has nothing to do with your ability. You’re still a ballplayer at the end of the day.

 We don’t treat you any different. We’ve got your back.’ That was a  giant relief for me.

 I never wanted to feel like I was forcing it on them.

It just happened. The outcome was amazing. It was nice to know my teammates see me for who I am, not my sexuality.”

On Wednesday, Denson shared a heartfelt message via Instagram, thanking friends and family for accepting him for who he is, “despite any judgement they may have”: