Bayne Pettger, NHL's first openly gay hockey player agent, says the league's recent cisn to ban teams om donng Pri jerseys uld alienate the queer muny and disurage their participatn and support the game.
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- EDMONTON OILERS CELEBRATE PRI NIGHT BY HONORG OPENLY GAY PLAYER LE PROKOP
- CALLG PRI JERSEYS A DISTRACTN IS SENDG THE WRONG MSAGE, SAYS NHL'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY AGENT
EDMONTON OILERS CELEBRATE PRI NIGHT BY HONORG OPENLY GAY PLAYER LE PROKOP
While the Islanrs will reportedly be makg donatns toward the LGBT Network and the New York Gay Hockey Associatn, as well as a seri of other iativ cludg Pri brandg on their advertisg boards and on the team’s social and digal platforms, their cisn to step away om the Pri night jerseys mak me crge. The Oilers will also celebrate regular anthem sger Robert Clark, who is gay.
“I’ve got a bunch of gay iends. My bt iend’s brother is gay.
Prokop has been a trailblazer as an openly gay hockey player one of the world's most petive junr hockey leagu.
CALLG PRI JERSEYS A DISTRACTN IS SENDG THE WRONG MSAGE, SAYS NHL'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY AGENT
But the Oilers’ celebratn had a twist — they were able to honor an active player who is gay, Le Prokop. Prokop, 19, plays for the Edmonton Oil Kgs, the Oilers’ Wtern Hockey League anchise, and he me out as gay July. If Prokop mak onto an NHL roster, he will be the first openly gay player league history.
After g out, Prokop did not keep quiet about beg gay like some other pro athlet. After promotg their special warm-up jerseys for their Pri Night matchup agast the Calgary Flam, Wild players appeared on the ice Tuday whout the jerseys and set off a number of people who lled the retractn “homophobic.
The cisn to not wear the rabow-lored jerseys was slammed as dismissive of the gay muny, and Wild players were lled bigots for their move. Yet another @NHL team has ved to homophobia and abandoned the wearg of LGBT Pri jerseys for warm-ups. Dpe his profsnal succs, however, the 36-year-old says he feared he uldn't be accepted as a gay man the sport.