Gay and play hockey? You're wele at the Universy of Connecticut. That is the msage the school's men's hockey team is sendg out two vios for a program lled You Can Play.
Contents:
- UCONN WEL GAY PLAYERS
- FORMER UCONN FORWARD RUDY GAY TO PLAY JIM CALHOUN CHARY GAME, RECEIVE ROLE MOL AWARD
- GAY AND PLAY HOCKEY? YOU'RE WELE AT UCONN
UCONN WEL GAY PLAYERS
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To kick off the ftivi, the Hartford Gay Men’s chos will sg the natnal anthem, and the first 500 fans will receive ee rabow headbands.
FORMER UCONN FORWARD RUDY GAY TO PLAY JIM CALHOUN CHARY GAME, RECEIVE ROLE MOL AWARD
Rudy Gay will be among the former Connecticut players town for Jim Calhoun’s chary game this upg week, but he will also be gettg another honor, acrdg to Dom Amore of the Hartford Courant. * gay uconn player *
Rerd-settg kicker Alan Gendre, who played for MTSU om 2008-11, was openly gay wh his teammat. “Someone I knew growg up always joked that I’d be gay jt bee I was to sports. LGBT are the ials for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr.
78dESPN softball analystsUConn wel gay playersAssociated PrsMay 24, 2012, 04:43 PM ETSTORRS, Conn. -- Gay and play hockey?
You're wele at the Universy of is the msage the school's men's hockey team is sendg out two vios for a program lled You Can goal of the ternatnal iative lnched March is to work to end homophobia hockey. "We thought was a great ia to show the muny how we feel about homosexualy sports, and let people know that anyone n play on our team, " said UConn pta Sean public service vios are posted on YouTube and the UConn webse, and are schled to be featured the g days on the You Can Play them, the players pledge to support "any teammate, gay or straight, that n help w gam. Brendan ma headl when he me out November 2009 while servg as the manager of Miami of Oh's llege hockey far about 100 athlet, cludg 50 om the NHL, have signed on to pledge they would play wh gay or transgenr athlet, Patrick Burke said.
GAY AND PLAY HOCKEY? YOU'RE WELE AT UCONN
"For a young gay hockey player, who is lookg for a place to play hockey, he knows that UConn is an optn, that he will be safe at UConn, that he will be accepted at UConn. " He said was the players' ia, and he told them not to do unls they were ready to stand behd their words and al wh any negative Wolfgang, print of the nservative Fay Instute of Connecticut Actn, said he has no problem wh the team participatg an anti-bullyg mpaign, but he is ncerned about the referenc to "homophobia" the vio. He said if they bee known as "the team that ma the gay vio, " they are more than happy to be that.
"Marshall and Ambrosie said they don't know if anyone currently on the team is gay and don't really re. "If there was to be (a gay member of the team) down the road, or there is today, then I feel they are a hell of a lot better team than other teams that don't want to accept that, " Marshall said. "In the vios, the UConn players are pledgg not only to support gay athlet, but transgenr on as well.
The anizatn is workg to end discrimatn and homophobia women’s sports and has jt put out s first vio s Tour of Champns. When the top team the untry mak a vio that says not only are gay players wele here, but discrimatn is absolutely not, ’s a msage that filters down through other programs. Wh this history md, ’s a perfect place to kick off the Tour aimed at endg homophobia, bullyg, and discrimatn.