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Lesbian couple targeted by staff for kissing at baseball game

by PageOneQ

Sirbrina Guerrero says she was approached at a baseball game and told to stop kissing her girlfriend after a woman complained to staff at Safeco Field that they were "groping and making out."

Guerrero was told by a seating host that the woman didn't want to explain to her son why two women were kissing, she said to KOMO 4 TV, but she refused to give in.

"'If you want to kick me out, you're going to have to,'" she told the host. During the game, Guerrero took pictures of heterosexual couples kissing that were not targeted by staff.

While Safeco Field wouldn't talk about the incident, a portion of its code of conduct does mention "displays of affection not appropriate in a public, family setting." Stadium officials wouldn't discuss the incident further than saying that staff would not specifically target same-sex couples.

"We were eating garlic fries," Guerrero told the reporter, when asked if she and her partner were acting inappropriately or "carrying on." "The last thing we want to do is make out with each other."

"We would like folks to know that we're treating these complaints and concerns very seriously," Mariners spokesperson Rebecca Hale told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Thursday. "We've definitely not got a policy that states that if you're gay, you can't kiss at Safeco Field. Our policy is, if your behavior is inappropriate in a public setting, we are going to proactively intervene." Hale also said that the couple were not kicked out by the seating host, but spent a "good chunk" of the game filing their formal complaint at Guest Services.

"This is not a place where we are targeting people based on sexual orientation or any other classification," Hale went on. "Our goal is to have an atmosphere where everyone is welcome."

"If it turns out we were in error, we'll do what we can to make it right."

The video report below was broadcast on KOMO 4 TV on May 28, 2008.











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Originally published on Friday May 30, 2008.


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