Dodgers Reverse Course and Reinvite Group to Pride Night
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The Los Angeles Dodgers, who faced enormous backlash over last week’s choice to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night, reversed course on Monday. The team apologized to the group and extended a new invitation for it to attend the festivities, which are scheduled to be held at a June 16 home game. The Sisters have accepted the invitation.
The Sisters, who describe themselves as “a leading-edge order of queer and trans nuns,” employ humor and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance. The Dodgers will be presenting the group with a Community Hero Award — the same award it had previously been in line to receive.
“After much thoughtful feedback from our diverse communities, honest conversations within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and generous discussions with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Los Angeles Dodgers would like to offer our sincerest apologies to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, members of the LGBTQ+ community and their friends and families,” the team said in its statement.
Source: The New York Times
