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Prokop, who was drafted by the Nashville Predators last year, me out as gay wh a heartfelt statement to fans this week, an admissn he said he hoped would improve gay visibily wh the hockey muny.

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NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE

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Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay via a heartfelt statement to fans Monday, sayg he hoped would improve gay visibily wh the hockey muny. “I hope that sharg who I am I n help other people see that gay people are wele the hockey muny, as we work to make sure that hockey is tly for everyone, ” he wrote.

Prokop hasn’t played an NHL game yet, but if he do, he’ll jo que a small club: There have only been two openly gay active players the four largt US sports leagu – Carl Nassib of the NFL’s Las Vegas Rairs, who me out last month, and Jason Colls, an NBA veteran who me out 2013 and retired the followg season.

REPORT: NHL ACTUALLY HAS HAD HUNDREDS OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS FOR YEARS

Homophobic language is often ed among ach and players on youth sports teams. This n evolve to lastg homophobic attus or e gay players to hi their sexualy om their teammat, said Erik Denison, a behavral scientist and lead rearcher on the Sport Incln Project at Monash Universy Atralia, a June terview wh CNN.

" a seri she began 2013 that centers around Eric "Bty" Btle, a gay former junr figure skatg champn om Geia who lov bakg pi and plays hockey on his northern llege's team. "We have so ltle reprentatn general, and means a lot to see yourself reprented, " said Epste, who is gay and the dghter of a Chilean mother and a Jewish father om central ics have stck a chord and are creatg a new generatn of hockey fans, acrdg to Rachel Donner, a -missner for the recreatn league of the New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn.

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