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Joyce Henderson, left, sister of Glenn Burke, speaks during a ceremony prior to a baseball game to unveil a tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Billy Bean and Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Dr. Greg Baker, left, widower of Billy Bean, speaks during a ceremony prior to a baseball game to unveil a tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Bean and Glenn Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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A tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Billy Bean and Glenn Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, is viewed following an unveiling Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Attendees reacts during a ceremony prior to a baseball game to unveil a tribute to LGBTQ+ trailblazers and former Los Angeles Dodgers players Billy Bean and Glenn Burke, who were among the first professional athletes to identify as gay, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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FILE - An LGBTQ+ pride flag flies beneath a U.S. flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York, on Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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FILE - A protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty waves a transgender pride flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington, on Jan. 13, 2026, as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)