The Sharks shared their support for Le Prokop, a Nashville Predators prospect that announced he is gay on social media Monday.
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- SAN JOSE SHARKS PLAYER KNOWN FOR HIS SKILLS ON ICE AND SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS
- SHARKS ‘PROUD' OF GAY NHL PROSPECT PROKUP: ‘GAME TLY IS FOR EVERYONE'
SAN JOSE SHARKS PLAYER KNOWN FOR HIS SKILLS ON ICE AND SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS
Watch the San Jose Sharks’ Kurtis Gabriel, and you n see why his four seasons wh three different NHL teams, he’s often scribed as an enforcer. That’s part of his story, but Gabriel’s also well-known for his support for gay rights. * sharks gay player *
How attus about gay athlet have changed Joe Fonzi looks at how attus about gay athlet have changed and checks on how that's played out for San Jose Sharks player Kurtis Gabriel SAN JOSE, Calif. That’s part of his story, but Gabriel’s also well-known for his support for gay rights. "His dog those thgs make a big difference bee if you thk your teammate is gog to be acceptg, ’s gog to be a lot easier, " says Jim Buzski, -founr of, a webse for gay men to talk about sports.
SHARKS ‘PROUD' OF GAY NHL PROSPECT PROKUP: ‘GAME TLY IS FOR EVERYONE'
"There’s still never been an openly gay, NFL, MLB and NHL player, and only one the NBA, who’s out while they’ve actually been playg, " he said. To be gay, lbian, bi, trans, you sort of have to announce publicly. " As far as gay NHL players, Gabriel says, "hockey’s never had an active ‘out’ player, let alone a player that’s played at East Coast, semi-pro, AHL pro, or NHL level e out as gay.
There’s many that have played and are retired, and still aren’t out that are gay men, and that jt shows there is a way to go. Katy Sowers, now achg wh the Kansas Cy Chiefs and spent four years wh the 49ers, is the NFL’s first openly gay, and female ach.
"I thk NFL ach are so ‘w at all sts’ mentaly that I thk the vast majory of them uldn’t re ls if a player was gay if they uld help that person w, " Buzski said. Le Prokop ma some history on Monday, as the 2020 Nashville Predators third-round draft pick announced on social media that he is gay.