Cincinnati Reds reliever Joe Valentine
recently revealed that he was raised by a lesbian couple who
have been together now for 30 years - and the response from the
public, the media and his teammates has been a resounding "no big
deal":
"I've gotten good feedback [from teammates]," Valentine said. "A lot of guys noticed and read it. They said, 'That's pretty cool. That's a pretty awesome thing.' That's really it."
He adds, "At least people know there are different ways to be raised."
There's still a long way to go, but this is another signal of
how things are changing.