One Lesbian Reason... to support the Cubs
I admit, I've never been big into baseball or riding the red line on game day, but now I have good reason to support one of the city's home teams: A lesbian is part owner.
An entire family, The Ricketts, have purchased the Chicago Cubs for $845 million dollars. Among the father and sons is out daughter, Laura, who is a Southside resident and founder of Ecotravel, a nature-friendly travel company.
Not only is Laura Ricketts a lesbian, but she serves on the board of directors of Lambda Legal and campaigns heavily for marriage rights. In fact, she and her partner, Heidi, are marrying in 2013. She's also a huge donor to LGBT organizations like the Howard Brown Health Center and Center on Halsted.
If that's not reason enough to buy a bleacher seat to a Cubs game, I don't know what is.
Not only is Laura Ricketts a lesbian, but she serves on the board of directors of Lambda Legal and campaigns heavily for marriage rights. In fact, she and her partner, Heidi, are marrying in 2013. She's also a huge donor to LGBT organizations like the Howard Brown Health Center and Center on Halsted.
If that's not reason enough to buy a bleacher seat to a Cubs game, I don't know what is.
10 Comments
gordo5917 said:
i was thinking this is another reason NOT to buy a bleacher seat to a Cubs game.
i don't want my $$$ ending up helping causes i oppose such as same-sex marriage.
Trish Bendix said:
Well, sir, you've come to the wrong blog. I am pretty sure the Cubs do not need another fan like you.
bumstead57 said:
Lesbian, gay, straight, whatever....just win the World Series.
And why are they waiting to 2013? Waiting for the next election to come and go?
Rick Keating said:
Who gives two hoots in hell if she's lesbian or straight. This is news?
ghettogeek said:
Did you "accidentally" land on the L-Blog or something?
Ed Nickow said:
When I saw this story, I was afraid there might be some comments like gordo's - but I didn't expect it to be the first one. At least it wasn't hateful.
By gordo's "logic" I should have stopped going to Cubs games when the Tribune bought the team, because they usually endorse Republican politicians and my money would end up going to support a cause I oppose.
That said, I'm not sure the fact that a lesbian is part of the ownership clan is reason enough to buy a ticket if you weren't going to anyway. After all, every family has gay men or lesbians on one branch or another - although there was that one politician from Texas (or maybe Oklahoma) who claimed otherwise.
Still, I think this is great news. Anything showing that gays and lesbians are just part of regular families doing regular things - even wealthy families owning sports teams - is a good thing.
I see that Laura and Heidi aren't marrying for 4 more years. That's a pretty long engagement ... I wonder if they know something about the prospects for marriage equality in Illinois.
I look forward to seeing you on the Red line on game day, Trish.
ObamaLoser1 said:
I was a a Cub Fan. Now I think I will be a Milwaukee fan instead. Way too long waiting for the Cubs to win, and now the Cubs will be owned by Lesbian's.
Trish Bendix said:
A lesbian's what? :) Just one lesbian.
emrgncyp said:
The Brewers don't want you either.
eeshell said:
For the all the hater's reading this blog - seriously go read someone else's. This is not the one for you fool.
Trish - thanks for this superb update. Now I have one more reason to root for the cubbies vs the white sox.
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