The Baltimore Orioles became the fourth Major League Baseball team to film an ?It Gets Better? video [1]. It was released July 27.
The Orioles follow the trend started by the San Francisco Giants [2] and continued by the Chicago Cubs [3] and Boston Red Sox [4].
The participation of MLB teams started with a Change.org petition [5] for the Giants, which garnered more than 6,500 signatures. Mike Benard followed suit and created a petition to have the Orioles create a video.
?I am thrilled that the Orioles are supporting and reaching out to the LGBT community, particularly our young people who need heroes in their lives,? Bernard said in a press release. ?When I was a young, gay child, I was terrified to tell anyone who I was and couldn't dream of having a hero like a pro ball-player who would tell me that I'm okay exactly as I am.?
The Orioles are one of more than 20,000 ?It Gets Better? videos created since Dan Savage created the first one [6].
There are currently no out players in any of the four major professional sports leagues.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4oIDaRLoStI
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1TcD95kmGQ
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcpkRL_5IYk
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGcY_ip3w7g
[5] http://news.change.org/stories/san-francisco-giants-make-pro-sports-history-with-first-it-gets-better-video
[6] http://www.youtube.com/user/itgetsbetterproject
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