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Pride Month: Arizona Diamondbacks Hosting LGBTQ+ Pride Night

The Arizona Diamondbacks are hosting an LGBTQ+ Pride Night at Chase Field next week, in honor of Pride Month. Here's what to know about it.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are teaming up with local LGBTQ+ groups to honor Pride Month on June 11.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are teaming up with local LGBTQ+ groups to honor Pride Month on June 11. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)

PHOENIX, AZ — The Arizona Diamondbacks are teaming up with local LGBTQ+ groups to honor Pride Month on June 11.

The team will host its annual Pride Night on June 11, when the D-backs host the Los Angeles Angels at Chase Field.

For $30, attendees will receive a Pride Ticket Pack, including a rainbow-themed D-backs hat and a lower-level ticket to the ballgame.

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Additionally, the D-backs will have Danielle Cortez, a transgender live content creator for Major League Baseball, throw out the ceremonial first pitch to Billy Bean, who is MLB's vice president of social responsibility & inclusion, the team said.

The D-backs will also host the Phoenix gay Men's Chorus, who will perform The National Anthem, while Phoenix-based group, One Community, will be at the game to allow fans to sign onto the group's unity pledge, advocating for workplace inclusion and protection for all, including LGBTQ+ community members.

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For more information on the D-backs' Pride Night and to purchase tickets for the contest, visit the team's website.

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