california know one gay-friendly areas country without share homophobes make abundantly clear saturday home game play san diego padres baseball team san diego gay men chorus due perform national anthem prior game start things go horribly wrong.perhaps already foreshadow gay men chorus would welcome performance consider fact call pay ticket so-called privilege perform even intentions stay watch game however think bad happen performance infinitely bad chorus take field sing star spangle banner horror record woman voice sing song play game officials make move stop record make apology gay men chorus stand field record finish take field lead away many homophobic taunt shout include one chant sing like girl.the san diego gay men chorus release follow statement regard disgust situation night joy celebration petco park last night instead turn nightmare raise serious question homophobia within san diego padres organization relationship lgbt community.before start last night san diego padres game 100 volunteer singers san diego gay men chorus take field proudly sing national anthem instead front large crowd gather la dodgers game san diego padres play record voice woman sing anthem.no attempt make stop record start announcement apology make singers friends families stand attempt correct situation occur force 100 men stand spotlight center field song duration escort field heckle baseball fan shout homophobic taunt include sing like girl incident follow several days trouble comment behavior within san diego padres organization three days game san diego padres representatives aggressively seek prevent singers perform national anthem unless purchase ticket game even plan stay game part previous discussion write verbal agreement would cost small community-based non-profit thousands dollars demand eventually rescind friday follow repeat complaints make sdgmc san diego pride san diego padres management.with background call san diego padres major league baseball immediately launch full transparent investigation incident determine someone people intentionally engage anti-gay discrimination hate crime play female voice represent group gay men purpose denigrate and/or ridicule gay men historic significance act lose lgbt community especially relation professional sport add depth embarrassment experience singers families.we also call upon city san diego city attorney office city san diego human relations commission independently investigate incident determine members san diego padres organization engage activity violation san diego human right ordinance engage deliberate hate crimes base sexual orientation.we applaud san diego padres president chief executive office mike dee reach organization apologize offer meet lgbt leaders discuss incident look forward meet believe important work together san diego padres organization build bridge within lgbt community rather burn happen last night.however disappoint san diego padres dismissively brief two sentence statement 9:37 p.m. saturday may 21 2016 appropriately address gravity situation pay due 100 volunteer take field celebration lead humiliation.hopefully mike dee get rid people associate responsible happen baseball game simply excuse do singers blatant homophobia do effort humiliate organization gay singers let know uncertain term even supposedly liberal california would accepted.since fan deprive opportunity hear saturday video san diego gay men chorus sing national anthem feature image via video screen capture san diego padres deliberately humiliate local gay men chorus video