PROVINCETOWN'S TEAMS FIND GAY TAUNTS ROUTINE

The Boston Globe | May 11, 2003| | Copyright

PROVINCETOWN - When Andreia Ribas and her friends on the Provincetown High School softball team travel to away games, there are protective measures to be taken - chiefly, shedding any sign that reveals the place from which they hail.

"I don't wear my letterman jacket - not when I leave town," said Ribas, an 18-year-old senior.

In the realm of school sports, this Cape Cod stretch of gentle dunes and free-wheeling ways is a tough one to claim as a hometown. High school athletes from Provincetown - a place known for its large gay population - find themselves the frequent targets of verbal abuse ...

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