New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• MGHA GEAR SWAP – 8/29 AT 6PM
• NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn.

MGHA GEAR SWAP – 8/29 AT 6PM

The New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn (NYCGHA) is New York’s first and largt LGBTQ+ hockey anizatn. The NYCGHA is a member of Gay Hockey Internatnal and is a registered Public Chary unr sectn 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Co. The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U.S.

While Maxen is believed to be the first male ach to have e out publicly as gay, there have been a few female ach U.S.-based sports leagu who have also e out.

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

When to players, there have only been 16 the history of the NFL to e out as gay or bisexual as of September 2022, per Outsports. 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. 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.