While the money that Tigers fans often donate through ticket sales hasn’t always resulted in a high-quality on-field product, part of it will now aid local LGBTQ organizations that fund irreversible trans surgery for minors.
National Review’s Nate Hochman recently highlighted that individuals who buy Pride Night tickets this year can choose to fund organizations like the Trans Sistas of Color Project and the Ruth Ellis Center, which both directly and indirectly give gender-affirming surgery to people under the age of 18.
Trans Minor Rights is referred to on the Trans Sistas of Color Project website, which claims that its funding recipients undertake chest reconstruction and/or genital reassignment surgery, while the Ruth Ellis Center provides transition care for transgender kids, including surgery.
The Center also states that there are still many challenges to receiving puberty blockers and gender-affirming medications, particularly for persons under the age of 18. This is a major issue.
There is a significant issue here, but it is not the one they allege. The issue is child genital mutilation, yet the Tigers appear unconcerned about it.
Unlike past Pride days at Comerica Park, which began in 2018, customers who buy tickets for Pride Night on June 1 this year can donate to groups like the Trans Sistas of Color Project, the Ruth Ellis Center, and others.
