Cubs’ Marcus Stroman offers support as MLB sends mixed signals during Pride Month

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Pitcher Marcus Stroman discussed what being an ally means to him before the Cubs’ annual Pride Celebration at Wrigley Field. File photo.On June 1, the first day of Pride Month, the discourse around Major League Baseball was fueling anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.

The Dodgers had invited, uninvited and reinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to be honorees at their Pride Night. The Blue Jays’ Anthony Bass had reposted a video on Instagram that called for boycotts of Target and Bud Light for pro-LGBTQ+ stances.

But Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman’s announcement that day carried a different tone. He was donating to three organizations — in Toronto, New York and Chicago, the three cities he has…