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Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Baseball
Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Shows Love for Gay Moms
06.07.05
By Ross von Metzke
(Louisville, KY) — Major League Baseball has yet to see an openly gay player in the sport. But for pitcher Joe Valentine, who made the cut on the Cincinnati Reds opening day roster this spring, the gay community holds a special place in his heart. Both of his moms were there to cheer him on.
They've been by his side his entire life, shuttling him to soccer and baseball and street hockey practices. Deborah Valentine and Doreen Price, who met on Long Island in 1972 and started dating a few years later, have made no bones about their sexuality while raising their son. They’ve cheered him on at games, chaperoned his high school graduation trip — When he married his high school sweetheart last winter, they proudly escorted him down the aisle.
"You can't say it's not different, but in the aspect of being loved by two people, being given every opportunity that my parents could give me, it's really no different," the pitcher said recently. "It's just that I have two moms."
Deborah is Valentine's biological mother, and Doreen was with her when she gave birth on Christmas Eve 1979. They prefer not to discuss their son's biological father, saying it's a private matter.
"I know where I'm from, who I'm from. So it was something I didn't need to pursue," Valentine said.
They did have one problem, with a mother who tried to stir up trouble when their son was about 5. Before Deborah and Doreen even had a chance to speak up, neighbors came to their defense.
The woman eventually came around, and everyone wound up friends.
At spring training this year, Valentine talked about his family with a correspondent for Newsday. It came up by chance: The reporter was working on a different story and asked his parents' names.
Valentine said, matter of factly, Doreen and Deborah.
"The gay community is part of my family and I can't shut them out," he said. "They're normal parents, it's just that they're two women.”
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