The Texas Rangers are frustrating LGBTQ+ advocates as the only MLB team without a Pride Night

By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have frustrated LGBTQ+ advocates for years as the only Major League Baseball team without a Pride Night. The June celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights known as Pride Month will come and go again without the Rangers participating. The Resource Center is an LGBTQ+ organization that has worked the Rangers in the past. Resource Center communications and advocacy manager Rafael McDonnell says it’s a “complicated relationship” with the Rangers. McDonnell and other advocates believe a change in ownership could have to be the catalyst for change. The Rangers tout several ways they work with the LGBTQ+ community and say they promote diversity and inclusion internally.