I saw this article about softball and got really confused...

I was browsing around and I happened upon this article. If someone has brought this up before I appologize. It really sent me on a spin because having the same background as most of the athletes that they are talking about I had a completely different experience and I know no one who has had a similar experience to what is described in the article. I am sure something like this could have happened but I was not aware that it was as rampant as they make it sound. Frankly, I am slightly offended but mostly mistified. Maybe I just grew up in the wrong softball programs. My experience was always that we, the lesbians, were the ones who felt uncomfortable in our surroundings. My high school coach who was actually coached by my dad when she was a player flat out told us, in the most disgusted tone she could manage, that if any of us were lesbians we would be kicked off of the team ASAP. This is the reason our team was deprived of a very great asset in my friend who never made the team because she was out. I suppose I was just thrown by the spin that has been put on the subject here. Oi Vey....