Posted on 09/16/2021 8:39:38 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Washington will welcome the LGBTQ community with an official Pride Night, a rarity in the NFL and a first for the team. The Detroit Lions hosted a similar event in 2019. The news arrives months after Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib announced himself as the league's first openly gay active player, a milestone for the NFL and American sports.
What does this mean? The Washington Football Team has reserved blocks of tickets at different prices throughout FedEx Field for Pride Night attendees to watch the game together. The team will also host a pregame party with beer, wine and food for Pride Night guests.
Per Washington's Metro Weekly, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington and LGBTQ marching band DC’s Different Drummers will perform at the game. Per the Washington Blade, the Washington Football Team will join the Capitals, Wizards, Mystics, Kastles, Spirit, Prodigy, DC United, Old Glory DC and Citi Open in hosting Pride Night events in conjunction with organizer Team DC. The Nationals have also hosted similar events.
Pride Night events like Washington's offer football fans in the LGBTQ community a sense of welcome and inclusion that isn't always present in sports arenas.
“Establishing these relationships is important and who knows where this leads when you are embraced in a positive way," Team DC organizer Brent Minor told the Blade. "When you can break down a barrier between the LGBTQ community and the NFL, that’s rarefied air.”
Minor said that his organization considered organizing events with the franchise, but waited until the team changed its name to put Thursday's event together.
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Will they put bath houses in the parking lot?
A family friendly sport! /s
I completely remembered it was on and still skipped it.
The deep state is gay
We saw people outside the stadium pre-game, and a lot of them were still wearing Redskins fan gear and referring to ‘Redskins’.
I’ve been wondering all night how they are going to change the lyrics of ‘Hail to the Redskins’, to fit whatever new name they come up with.
(The name ‘Red Hogs’ seems to be up-and-coming on the suggestion list. I guess that might work...)
Are they just going to put wide receivers on the field or replace all the running backs with “barebacks” ?
I thought the Gay National Anthem was “It’s Raining Men”
Troy Aikman is undoubtedly excited.
Bohemian Rhapsody?
“As in the Days of Lot.” Spoke the Messiah.
They violently came as his door before fleeing Sodom.
Death. Lot’s wife even to look at them.
The Washington Foreskins win.
Black athletes and celebrating taking it up the butt. For the money they’re making they better shut up.
Here’s the latest “Gay National Anthem”.
Done by Stan Kenton and June Christy. Listen closely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUb6YVn45Wg
They should change their name to the Washington Wieners for the game. Market it as The Giant-Wiener Bowl.
Hey, that can be their new name: the Washington Blades.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_qPnTyrvAv0
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