Team Manager Wants Gay Softball World Series to Move Out of Dallas
Britney Miller, manager of the Puget Sound Pronouns softball team in Seattle’s Emerald City Softball Association, wants the North American Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) to move this summer’s Gay Softball World Series out of Dallas, Texas.
Miller posted a Change.org petition – that has garnered more than 650 signatures so far – to move the LGBTQ+ softball competition out of Dallas because of Governor Greg Abbott’s treatment of trans kids.
Two Seattle teams said they won’t travel to Dallas if they qualify for the World Series, and one Portland team is calling on its league to boycott the games, according to Outsports.
Ryan Holdhusen, the executive director of the Dallas Gay Softball World Series, agrees with Miller but said he and his team have been working on hosting the World Series since 2019, and it’s too late to move the games elsewhere.
The Dallas Mavericks are sponsoring the LGBTQ+ event and plans are underway to raise $100,000 that will benefit local organizations: Legacy Cares, Resource Center and Prism Health North Texas, and Trans Kids and Families of Texas.
Miller believes that coming to Dallas just lines the pockets of Abbott’s supporters, and said, “Moving the GSWS would send a message loud and clear that the larger LGBTQIA truly and forcefully stands behind the trans community.”
NAGAAA oversees softball competitions with more than 17,000 players in 46 cities. The Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for August 29, and games are set to be played on softball fields in Kiest Park in Oak Cliff, The Parks at Texas Star in Euless, McInnish Softball Fields in Carrollton, and fields in Waxahachie.
Source: The Dallas Voice
