Located on Halsted Street in the heart of Boystown, Chicago’s Legacy Walk monuments honoring LGBTQ luminaries and significant historical moments have always reminded me of the plaques at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
So when it was announced that Glenn Burke was going to be added to the Legacy Walk this year, it felt especially meaningful. This was going to be his Cooperstown moment, for Burke, one of the few out gay Major League Baseball players in its long history ...