As prominent fixtures in the Seattle community, five major professional sports teams have united to support LGBT inclusion and equality.
The Seahawks, Mariners, Sounders, Storm and Reign have come together to promote inclusiveness and equality, and organizers on Tuesday said this is the first time a city’s professional teams have joined together for this cause.
“Sports has so many eyes on it, all the time anyways in this country,” said Megan Rapinoe, who plays for the Reign and is openly gay. “It’s obviously a very popular profession and it goes into pop culture and politics and many different things, so I think the opportunity to have a positive impact can be very tremendous.