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When Chicago White Sox<\/a> fans look past the outfield wall at Guaranteed Rate Field, they see the logo of Rush University Medical Center, the team’s official healthcare partner.<\/p>\n

What they aren’t told at the concession stand is where that health system’s cash actually goes: operating a pediatric gender clinic, hosting a “PRIDE Charity Drag Brunch,” enforcing mandatory diversity retreats<\/a>, and paying its top executive nearly $3.7 million in total compensation.<\/p>\n

Now, White Sox fans are getting a closer look at the team’s healthcare partner.<\/p>\n

OPINION: MLB IS FORCING THE GAY AGENDA ON PLAYERS AND FANS, AND WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH BASEBALL?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

As fans head to Guaranteed Rate Field for the White Sox-Astros series, Consumers’ Research is rolling out a campaign of billboards, street posters, and TV ads targeting the team’s healthcare partner.<\/p>\n

Consumer watchdog group Consumers’ Research launched the “Rush Exposed” campaign, which it exclusively shared with OutKick and Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Rush signed a multi-year sponsorship as the White Sox’s official healthcare partner, paying tens of thousands of dollars for stadium branding, game sponsorships and other marketing.<\/p>\n

The Consumers’ Research campaign directs fans to RushExposed.com<\/a>, where Consumers’ Research details its allegations against Rush, including its sponsorship of the Chicago White Sox, millions spent on advertising, DEI initiatives, pediatric gender transition services, and “Pride Drag Brunches.”<\/p>\n

“Rush is betraying what should be every hospital’s core mission<\/a> by using its time, energy, and taxpayer support to promote radical woke activism,” Will Hild, executive director of Consumers\u2019 Research, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Not only does Rush have a history of prioritizing DEI, child sex-change procedures, and climate alarmism, the hospital also has a troubling history of questionable spending on non-medical initiatives completely unrelated to patient care, like its partnership with the Chicago White Sox.”<\/p>\n

The campaign focuses heavily on Rush\u2019s Affirm Center for Health, a clinic providing so-called gender-affirming services<\/a>, including mental health support, for minors.<\/p>\n

Dr. Loren S. Schechter leads Rush’s gender surgery program and is also president-elect of WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health), an organization that publishes standards for transgender healthcare, including previous care for minors.<\/p>\n

Rush previously offered gender-affirming care for minors, but in 2025 it announced it has not provided those services for patients under 18 since 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rush’s internal DEI committee also organized<\/a> a “PRIDE Charity Drag Brunch,” with proceeds benefiting the Affirm Center.<\/p>\n

Administrators also required hospital managers to complete “implicit bias” training while pediatric staff at Rush University Children\u2019s Hospital attended DEI<\/a> retreats covering “microaggressions” and systemic racism.<\/p>\n

The campaign also points to what Consumers’ Research calls a stark financial contrast.<\/p>\n

While Rush recently laid off workers citing financial pressures, public tax filings show CEO Dr. Omar Lateef pulled in nearly $3.7 million in total compensation in FY2024, up from $2.9 million the previous year.<\/p>\n

Beyond his salary, the nonprofit also covered Lateef\u2019s housing allowance and membership dues at private organizations like the Economic Club of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Even as Rush cut jobs, it continued funding White Sox sponsorships and climate initiatives, including a goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 and vendor policies that weigh race and social impact.<\/p>\n

Rush received more than $194 million in federal funding in FY2025 while maintaining its tax-exempt status.<\/p>\n

Consumers’ Research says Rush became the latest target of its national “Bad Medicine” campaign because the group believes nonprofit hospital systems are using taxpayer support and tax-exempt status to advance political ideology instead of prioritizing patient care.<\/p>\n

Rush paid to put its name in front of White Sox fans. Now, Consumers’ Research wants those same fans asking what that name stands for.<\/p>\n

OutKick reached out to the White Sox and Rush University System for Health for comment.<\/p>\n

Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com \/ Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/white-sox-partner-faces-scrutiny-over-gender-care-drag-events-dei <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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