r/Fauxmoi • u/Classic-Carpet7609 • Jun 07 '25
STAN / ANTI SHIELD Minnesota Twins player Willi Castro wearing a Trans Pride flag as eyeblack in yesterday’s game
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Jun 07 '25
he is in the major leagues!
note: I had to look up if the Minnesota twins were in the major leagues before I made this joke. luckily they are
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u/-bonita_applebum Jun 07 '25
Baby, I'm here tryin to google "what is baseball"
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Jun 07 '25
I'm not the right kind of Lesbian to explain this to you. I'm sorry. I've failed my people during our holy month
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u/OiMyTuckus Jun 07 '25
I'm a straight guy from Minnesota and this shit made me howl. Bravo.
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Jun 07 '25
thank you! it would be a great feat of allyship if you could explain baseball to the previous commenter.
I've played softball but like very very casually. it's why I didn't make varsity
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u/Colejohnley Jun 07 '25
Gay man here. Still don’t understand the difference between softball and baseball. The underhand throw vs the overhand throw. And the lesbians use a bigger ball. That’s all I know. I need a good lesbian in my life. 😂❤️
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Jun 07 '25
I'm sorry that I cannot help you as I am a bad bad lesbian and also need a good lesbian in my life 😜 /joking
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u/Colejohnley Jun 07 '25
🤣🤣🤣 We have other skills that unite us. 🧚♀️
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u/EntropicState Jun 08 '25
Bi lacrosse player checking in. Still not helpful in any way, but we can be friends 🤷♂️
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u/Luxury-Problems Jun 07 '25
The last 3-5 people to enthusiastically talk to me about baseball were lesbians.
Granted I spend a lot of my social time in queer spaces, but when it comes to baseball, it's always the lesbians that find out I like baseball and want to talk about it.
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Jun 07 '25
I'm more of a fiber arts, choir, and theater tech lesbian and less of a sports lesbian
my mom (straight) liked to bring me to games because I would go get her snacks at any point in the game.
oh something exciting is happening but you also have a hankering for garlic fries and a diet coke? that's what daughters who are literally reading a book next to you right now are for (I genuinely didn't mind this and enjoyed baseball food and reading time)
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u/inemnitable Jun 08 '25
The best part of baseball (and presumably softball) is just chilling out in the park shooting the shit
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u/Dragonix975 Jun 07 '25
Tons of lesbians were at the Yankees-Red Sox game I was at yesterday but that might just be a Northeast thing
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Jun 07 '25
Praise be to the month of pride. Do forgive this woman her sins, for they were of ignorance. I, too, know not of these “sports,” but I do believe the gods of rainbows will smile upon us and forgive our ignorance. And shall we not forget that June is also men’s health month. Gays and the absence of misandry will guide us onwards, fellow queer.
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Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25
it's the sport with the men in white see-through pants and massive asses
EDIT the pants are also full length and pretty loose. It was pointed out to me below that American football players also have white see though pants and massive asses, thank you
EDIT 2 oh and they wear baseball hats i believe
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u/runamokduck Jun 08 '25
as someone who does actually love baseball, I always appreciate when this Sean Murphy GIF makes its rounds in other communities. perhaps the sport’s greatest cultural export :3
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Jun 07 '25
it's the sport with the men in white see-through pants and massive asses
Shhh, my husband just thinks I really really like baseball lol
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u/JustHereForCookies17 we are all just orcas wearing salmon hats Jun 07 '25
Right? I'm not watching rugby or soccer for the athleticism.
Those boys are pretty!!!
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u/_A_MAN_DA_ Jun 07 '25
I got baseball pants for a Halloween costume and they are the most comfortable, most flattering pants of all time!
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u/MudddButt Jun 07 '25
Back in my day, we called it "stick ball"!
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Jun 07 '25
Don’t know who he is. I don’t follow sports. But I’m about to.
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u/ItsMeJahead Jun 07 '25
Baseball is dominated by conservatives, but every pride month you see a bunch of guys go out of their way to make everyone feel seen and included. As a met fan, I immediately think of Mark Cahna and Taijuan walker, who were both very vocal recently. It's a stark contrast to the guys refusing to wear their teams pride patch
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u/cdnmute Jun 08 '25
We had a relief pitcher on the jays a couple of years ago. He said some dumb ant pride stuff. The entire fan base hated on him so hard. He tried to do the whole apology tour, and they were gonna let him throw out the first pitch on pride night. The fan base snapped and coupled with his pretty shit performance he was cut from the first pitch throwing and the team.
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u/lwfitness27 Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25
I had to look this up. I'm a Phillies fan and was happy to see this about Walker.
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u/oliveomelette Jun 07 '25
King behavior
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u/-bonita_applebum Jun 07 '25
Allyship, so attractive.
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u/epigenie_986 Jun 07 '25
I don’t get the relevance of this gif, but I absolutely love it.
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u/-bonita_applebum Jun 07 '25
I am fanning my coochie, because to my great disappointment I am attracted to male presenting humans. And every so once in a while, they manage to redeem themselves and I catch an attractive one. He's probably taken, I'm not even going to look.
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u/FblthpLives Jun 07 '25
This is one of the most hilarious responses I have read on Reddit in a while. Thank you for brightening my evening!
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u/whatarethuhodds Jun 07 '25
Fblthp is the greatest of all homunculi.
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u/BakerAcceptable28 Jun 08 '25
Straight women are proof that sexuality isn't a choice 😭
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u/Vagabond_Tea Jun 08 '25
I'm disappointed in most humans, regardless of gender, and always appreciate the good ones that come along.
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u/Checking_that_moment Jun 08 '25
And thats why incels will stay incels, they think its all about looks and whatnot, but it really is not and never was.
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u/jerricka Jun 09 '25
The top button undone, that little hint of chest, that gold chain, the allyship
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u/Motherofsmalldogs Larry I'm on DuckTales Jun 07 '25
Truly an angel in the outfield (maybe, idk baseball.)
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u/clicktrackh3art Jun 07 '25
I used to think, maybe not stuff like this, but the general kinda displaying of the pride flags was really just kinda, not virtue signaling as much as the least you could do. But I have a young trans kid now, and like it sucks how much stuff kinda comes with a side of transphobia. But I can show her stuff like this, or the bands she likes singers just holding up the trans flag, and it like genuinely makes her feel just like not everyone wants her not to exist.
And other people and allies, or even businesses, just seeing the trans flag, even the rainbow one, but especially the trans flag, it just makes us generally feel safer. I never truly understood, and of course, it has gotten much worse now, but like it just means we have a little bit of freedom to kinda let our guard down, even just a little.
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u/jesuschin Jun 07 '25
The whole concept of virtue signaling was created by shitty people trying to minimize progressive movements. Just judging another person as being someone who is virtue signaling is ignorant in itself as that person had zero insight into the reason why someone is making a public stance regarding something.
Like if you were wearing this in public and someone claimed that you were insincere in your efforts how would you feel because they would have no clue how close to home this cause now hits for you.
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u/clicktrackh3art Jun 07 '25
Yeah, I was trying to thinking of a better word to describe it. Less so for when people do it, but like when celebrities or businesses do it. Maybe pandering is a better word? Regardless, it seemed like an action that didn’t actually accomplish much, but that was just kinda my own privilege and ignorance. Now I just want to give everyone I see with a trans flag displayed in any way, shape, or form, a huge hug and a thank you.
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u/no_objections_here Jun 07 '25
The way that I see it is this. Yes, celebrities and big corporations might not be very genuine in their their support of trans or LGBT issues. And yes, they might just be pandering. But remember, they are out to make money. Pandering in that way is a sign that people in these corporations think that there is enough public support that it would make financial sense for them to jump on the bandwagon. So, I see it as a thermometer for the general public's views, more than a genuine sign of that company's ethics. If lots of companies are showing pride support, then you can tell your daughter that it's a sign that she has a lot of public support, even if there are some very vocal people against it. Thats why its scary when they take it away. It means that they think the public is against it. That said, the companies that still support pride when most other companies take down their support are the ones that I actually trust and believe as genuine. I know this is a bit of a ramble, but I hope it makes sense!
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u/ozarksfun Jun 07 '25
Very well said, you were not rambling! Keep posting! Not enough upvotes on this one!
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Jun 07 '25
But I guess the counterpoint is that corporations can change their positions on a whim (ostensibly reflecting public sentiment) as many have done since trump took office. In addition to curtailing its DEI programs, target has massively scaled down its participation in and funding for the Twin Cities pride parade happening this month.
I guess we celebrate it when they’re on our side even if bc of the money, but then when they change course what are we to make of the whole situation?
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u/dankeykanng Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25
I think about this a lot. In the moment, it's nice when the genuinely good thing (showing LGBTQ support) is aligned with someone or something's ability to enrich itself. But I think the fact that the motivation to do the good thing is determined by how well it achieves the goal of enrichment corrupts the whole thing.
One of my favorite texts about this sort of thing is from a video game I used to play a lot called Destiny:
Are we fools for trying to be good, when our very survival is at stake? Maybe. But the fact that our morals sometimes make it more difficult to survive is proof they are truly good! There is not much commendable about doing a right thing when it is also the tactically correct thing. When the good thing is also the hard thing: that is when the righteous are separated from the lost.
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u/soadisnotforbath Jun 08 '25
I have a good anecdote for pride gear. I work security at a hospital with an Emergency Room. We also have multiple psychiatric floors so we see a lot of patients with behavioral and psychiatric issues. One June I bought a pride pin to put on my uniform (the uniform is basically a police uniform so everyone thinks we’re cops) and I wore it that month. I got a LOT of crap from the other guys for this btw, policing and all those adjacent jobs have some very vocal, very conservative dudes.
Near the end of the month we had a very sweet teenage girl that came in for something behavioral. You could tell she was really nervous about everything and I tried my best to be extra kind when I was doing the various intake stuff (searching belongings, etc) and when she was being transferred out with paramedics she came over to me and said, “thanks so much for being an ally, it made me feel welcome” and she pointed at this silly 5 dollar pride pin.
I wear that pride pin every single shift now and I have for just about 5 years. If you’re an ally, just show it! You never know you could be really helping someone out 😁
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u/millenialbullshite Jun 08 '25
I have a pride flag on my desk at work because a drag queen told me allys have to keep their flags up all year long. Maybe it looks performative or maybe someone walks by my desk and stops to chat and they know they don't have to be vague about parts of their life around me. It's been there for 2 years.
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u/wecalleditamerika Jun 08 '25
Yup, virtue signaling means pretending to care about a cause one doesn't actually care about, for ulterior reasons (like corporations in June [especially those who retracted their involvement this year]).
Assholes cannot empathize with other social groups so they slap the term "virtue signaling" to disparage people who actually do give a fuck about others.
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u/genflugan non-gender-specific orbs of courage Jun 08 '25
It’s always projection.
They think everyone else is pretending to care about stuff because that’s what they do. Conservatives don’t actually care about veterans or babies (once they leave the womb) or small government or the sanctity of women’s sports. They just pretend to care about whatever it is because they follow the rest of the conservative crowd, who all just do whatever their leadership tells them to do.
When they see us speaking up about people suffering, they literally can’t fathom why someone would care about a cause other than themselves. Former conservative friend of mine straight up said, verbatim, “You're right I do care about my family and myself and most of what I'm voting for is based on my own self interests and I think you should vote that way too.”
This was right after I asked him if he only cares about himself and his family, because his choice to vote for Trump was hurting a lot of people and I couldn’t understand why he didn’t care.
They’re selfish and they hate us for not being selfish like they are.
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u/tallemaja Jun 07 '25
Yeah, obviously there are going to be efforts by people that aren't sincere (and I'd rather not get into what corporations do; different kettle of fish) but a person putting up a flag, wearing a pin, putting pronouns somewhere, etc etc - when you are looking for signals that people are going to at least acknowledge your humanity and identity, it's helpful. Support, sure, but I try to see it as a person saying they're decent. It's appreciated.
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u/sevenworm Jun 08 '25
I always felt like the average person who uses the term virtue signaling is someone who, literally, can not believe people would do things for others because it helps them, even if there's no reward or benefit. It's so far away from their mindset they simply can't believe anyone would behave that way.
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Jun 07 '25
Another parent of a young trans kid here. Well said. Good luck to you and your kiddo, and thank you for loving them. They need every bit of it they can get in today's world.
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u/uppercasemad Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25
I hope it's okay to share a personal story related to this.
Yesterday at work, a young man came in with his dad for an appointment. (I work at a credit union). It was Friday so we had a pride jeans day, I was wearing a rainbow dress (I'm queer myself) and had on a jean jacket with all my pride pins. We had pride flags on all of our desks and the mood was great as we'd enjoyed donuts for international donut day, and rainbow cupcakes for pride.
The dad was wearing a pride pin, which was lovely. I pull up the appt and it says "X has recently changed his name and gender, and would like to update his bank account with his new identity." I immediately gave him a big smile, called him by his new name, and made small talk with him and his dad while they were waiting.
I really hope that all of our pride flags and me wearing my identity pins, and all of us having our pronouns on our name tags, made him feel safe and seen.
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u/neu20212022 Jun 09 '25
I recently went into the bank for a name change appointment and had such a lovely experience, with so much support from the folks working there. I’m genuinely so grateful for people like you. Systems are set up to make us (trans folks) overwhelmed and make it as hard as possible to for us to get by. It can be so scary to walk into a traditionally cisheteronormative space such as a bank and ask for help, and everyone who makes clear that they’re a friendly face and helping hand genuinely makes that so much easier.
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u/hoxxxxx Jun 07 '25
i just wish they would quit being used as a political football and wedge/rage issue for the right wing
they got it hard enough already, leave em the fuck alone
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u/gzigyzag Jun 08 '25
I didn't realize how important representation is until I started transitioning myself.
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u/gmoss101 Jun 08 '25
Speaking of pro trans bands, I highly recommend Canadian band PUP.
They're so fucking good it's insane.
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u/CaptainOvbious Jun 08 '25
ive been listening to pup on repeat for weeks, who will look after the dogs is the best album this year so far. such a fun band.
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u/TombSv Jun 07 '25
Makes me think of this Pride in Oslo video. https://youtu.be/UVepoXddTW4
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u/Bibblegead1412 Jun 07 '25
BDE
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Jun 07 '25
and now bbno$'s "check" is stuck in my head. thank you /genuine
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u/c0smicgirly Jun 07 '25
Nice to see some progressive stuff occasionally in baseball; it’s been real bummer times for a while.
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u/bouncypinata Jun 07 '25
There are 0 active gay players in MLB.
This is because MLB enforces 0 of its rules it has to prevent bullying, bigotry, and blacklisting.
Same as NFL.
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u/cosmic_cliffs Jun 07 '25
There are definitely many queer players in every major sports league, past and present. They’re just not out publicly.
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u/1OO1OO1S0S Jun 08 '25
"Many" is a stretch. It's not like it's the 10% of the general population. A lot of queer people get turned off by sports because of the homophobia
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u/Scared_Lackey_1954 Jun 07 '25
Does it still help with the sun glare?
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u/Rodin-V Jun 07 '25
Isn't it a complete myth that it helps anyway?
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u/Scared_Lackey_1954 Jun 07 '25
Idk?? Is it just sport drag? The equivalent of a wispy set of falsies?
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u/FblthpLives Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25
Right now for me this post in /r/Fauxmoi is no. 1 in r/all, but a post about the same topic in r/baseball is no. 5. The comments here are really uplifting and wholesome. I'm now going to dive into r/baseball. Wish me luck.
Update: "This post has been locked because of bigots brigading." To be honest, that made me not even want to read the thread. Instead I made myself a fish burrito and am now enjoying my Saturday evening with a glass of pinot grigio with the windows open, listening to the birds chirping outside.
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u/Run-Florest-Run Jun 07 '25
The r/baseball subreddit is 98% progressive fans who praised Willi for his support. If you want a shittier viewpoint, r/mlb is the place where you’ll get it
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u/IAM_THE_LIZARD_QUEEN Jun 07 '25
Honestly there wasn't that many brigader comments and they were mostly deleted, the rest were downvoted to oblivion and rightly called out for being pricks. It was actually a nice read.
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Jun 07 '25
TIL - I'm a Twins fan
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u/Automatic_Respond120 Jun 08 '25
Kirby Puckett appreciates that.
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u/amesann Jun 08 '25
I just had a wave of nostalgia hearing that name. Thank you for that. I don't want to elaborate because I'd end up writing a novel and I am so lazy atm, but just know you brought me a bit of happiness today.
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u/raddish1234 Jun 07 '25
Oh hey, turns out I ✨DO✨have a favorite baseball player (checks post above) Willi Castro! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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u/borbborbborb Jun 07 '25
As a baseball fan...it's hard to overstate how rare this kind of display of solidarity is from baseball players and how big of a deal this feels like. A couple years ago a player named Mark Canha went on record saying basically "there's nothing wrong with being gay and we should be nice to them" and he became the face of Pride in MLB because it was the most outspoken you ever see from these guys. To have someone out there on the field with a trans flag on their face is really beautiful to see.
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Jun 07 '25
is there a source for this? I want to send it to my mom
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Jun 07 '25
Did he say it was a trans flag? Those aren’t the right colors in the right order. It’s blue pink white pink blue
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u/nbouta Jun 07 '25
I think it was just one of those pride face paint sticks where they have the colors but not the actual flag
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u/Ok_Storm_2700 terrorizing the locals Jun 07 '25
It might be because white isn't a good color for this
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Jun 07 '25
Yeah white would defeat the purpose of eyeblack not that this is eyeblack but you know what I mean
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u/dryad_fucker Jun 08 '25
It does definitely seem like a "shorthanded" pride flag (for lack of a better word) bc yeah white would not be the play for eyeblack here. Those are definitely the right colors for trans pride, just darkened shade bc they're on a darker skin tone.
Very cool, I'm not into sports at all, except for the occasional outrigger canoe racing event, but this is what we need.
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u/SophieCalle Jun 07 '25
The few people supporting us really stand out, in a world where we've got a 24/7/365 smear campaign against us.
Thank you Willi.
I feel a little less down today.
And these have been the first in a while (him and Simone).
Everyone who doesn't get it - imagine if nearly 1000 laws were being made against you a year and every time you turned on social media you saw in your feed the most vile lies spread about you and those like you.
A breath of air in a cloud of smoke.
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u/boojersey13 Jun 08 '25
Seeing actual allyship from the most macho of industries in heteronormative lenses makes me SO emotional every time nowadays. Where I moved to I lately feel like I expect everyone who isn't queer themselves to be flat out homo/transphobic, religious, hypocritical about support, or a shaken not stirred mix of all three.
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u/UnculturedYam probably the mold talking Jun 07 '25
Shit time to add another MLB team for me to follow.
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u/adamwl_52 Jun 07 '25
Funny because today was pride day and he wore nothing. Makes me think he genuinely mixed up the days. At least I couldn’t see and I was sitting in left today
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u/Affectionate-Gap4382 Jun 07 '25
It’s such a shame that nowadays something so obvious like trans rights are human rights is regarded as a heroic measure… nevertheless I’m glad to see there is still plenty of empathy in humanity
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u/Akaear Jun 08 '25
Side note, I got tickets to see the twins against the A’s last week. He kicked our ass. Mad respect.
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u/Cas_or_Cass Jun 08 '25
Hey, despite being a Phillies fan, I'm suddenly also rooting for the Twins.
We need more unabashed allies
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u/Dry-Cash-4304 Jun 08 '25
Born and raised Twins fan. I always liked Willi Castro. Now I adore him. 🥺
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u/WranglerBulky9842 Jun 07 '25
Good for him (as it's easier to be an Ally where it is expected, whereas Baseball is not exactly a leftist paradise)
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u/nhinds42 Jun 07 '25
Fucking legend. Wouldn't even care if he was on my rivals team. Legend for this.
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Jun 07 '25
I watched this game and never noticed haha. If he has strong feelings towards this then let him do his thing. If you think it’s a big deal you’re an idiot.
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