Bisexual Players Settle Suit with Gay Softball League
A gay softball league has settled a lawsuit against it by three bisexual players who were disqualified from the 2008 Gay Softball World Series for their perceived heterosexuality.
Under the terms of the settlement, the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to the three men, all members of a San Francisco-based team that placed second in the tournament, the Associated Press reports.
The team will also get back its second-place trophy, which had been taken away after the three players were disqualified for being straight.
In the settlement, the league said that its actions were not consistent with its intention of being inclusive of bisexual players. It also said it regretted the impact the incident had had on the players and their team.
In their suit, the three men alleged that they had been called into a conference room one by one before a group of mostly strangers and questioned at length about their sexual orientation and their private lives after the manager of another team filed a protest over their eligibility to play. Then league officials took a vote as to whether the men were gay or straight.
The league has a rule limiting to two the number of heterosexual players on any team.
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