Report: NHL Actually Has Had Hundreds Of Openly Gay Players For Years

Contents:

• GAY VILLAGE
• GEOFF MOLSON SAYS CANADIENS WOULD WELE OPENLY GAY PLAYER
• REPORT: NHL ACTUALLY HAS HAD HUNDREDS OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS FOR YEARS
• NHL HOTTIE JOSH G TO COME OUT AS GAY MAN: {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRIS SPARGOMARCH 5, 2013/4:19 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOMARCH 5, 2013 / 4:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NHL HOTTIE JOSH G TO COME OUT AS GAY MAN: REPORT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-03-05T21:19:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-03-05T21:19:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NHL JT GOT A HELLUVA LOT HOTTER WH THE NEWS THAT JOSH G, THE STUPID HOT 29-YEAR-OLD PTA OF THE MONTREAL CANADIENS, WILL BE G OUT AS A GAY MAN THIS WEEK. SCORE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS REPORT IS G OM @NHLINSIGHTS, A LTLE KNOWN TWTER ACUNT CENTERED AROUND CANADIAN HOCKEY. THAT BEG SAID, NO ONE KNOWS HOCKEY, LIV HOCKEY AND LOV HOCKEY MORE THAN THOSE CRAZY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}G, WHO GREW UP CANADA AND IS OF (SUPER HOT) GERMAN SCENT, HAS YET TO MENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ABOUT THE SUATN. IF THIS REPORT IS ACCURATE, OUR BOY WILL BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NHL PLAYER AND HOTTT GUY AT THE GAY CLUB FOR THE RT OF HIS LIFE. ALSO, GREATT ASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT BEG SAID, WE ARE TOTALLY READY TO MOVE TO CANADA, EAT POUTE AND HAVE A CREW OF HOCKEY-PLAYG BABI THE SEND YOU SAY THE WORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPDATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, WE WERE DUMB TO BELIEVE A TWTER ACUNT, WE JT GOT EXCED. JOSH G IS STRAIGHT AND ENGAGED, ACRDG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NFL MORE HOMOPHOBIC THAN EVER, ASKG PROSPECTS IF THEY’RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DRAG QUEEN TRAVEL TIPS: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
• INSERT NAME OF OPENLY GAY HOCKEY PLAYER HERE: ATTUS TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALY AMONG CANADIAN MALE MAJOR MIDGET AAA ICE HOCKEY PLAYERS

GAY VILLAGE

Open this photo gallery:From left to right, Matthew Dalimonte, Aaron Dphee, Jeff O'Dell, Jordi Díez, and Jamie Smythe are pictured at the Mattamy Athletic Centre Toronto at a prev Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn event September. ”In the late 1980s, members of the gay muny Toronto who felt unwele or even at risk playg hockey mastream amatr leagu – all that toxic masculy and so-lled “locker room talk” – set out to build alternativ.

GEOFF MOLSON SAYS CANADIENS WOULD WELE OPENLY GAY PLAYER

Begng wh outdoor pickup gam advertised the gay muny newspaper Xtra, they slowly amassed a rps of like-md players who jt wanted an environment ee of 1993, they ved a team om a burgeong gay hockey league Montreal to e to Toronto for a iendly match on Thanksgivg weekend. “There were people who weren’t wele back home wh their fai, bee they were gay, ” said Matt Hicks, the tournaments director for the Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn, which grew out of those early efforts. ”As the gay hockey scene both ci expand, the match beme a full-blown tournament that alternated each year between Toronto and Montreal, sometim drawg teams om around the world.

“We didn’t really want to start a league that was jt gay-only, ” said Robert Thompson, a -founr of the TGHA, who still plays the league. ’”Open this photo gallery:Officials at a September event om the Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn.

” But once he left, and began to build a gay-iendly space that still volved the sport that he loved, “ saved my life, basilly. And while homophobic slurs ed to be a fact of life on the ice and off, anizers nowadays will quickly act on cints that are brought to their attentn.

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

“That never would have happened 35 years ago, ” he fact, thgs seemed to be gettg so much better, pecially among younger players who are growg up an environment that is broadly more acceptg than the one he experienced as a young gay man, about 10 years ago Thompson began to worry the TGHA was agg out. “I have one player on my team who said that he stopped playg bee of the homophobic slurs when he was growg up.

NHL HOTTIE JOSH G TO COME OUT AS GAY MAN: {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRIS SPARGOMARCH 5, 2013/4:19 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOMARCH 5, 2013 / 4:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NHL HOTTIE JOSH G TO COME OUT AS GAY MAN: REPORT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-03-05T21:19:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-03-05T21:19:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NHL JT GOT A HELLUVA LOT HOTTER WH THE NEWS THAT JOSH G, THE STUPID HOT 29-YEAR-OLD PTA OF THE MONTREAL CANADIENS, WILL BE G OUT AS A GAY MAN THIS WEEK. SCORE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS REPORT IS G OM @NHLINSIGHTS, A LTLE KNOWN TWTER ACUNT CENTERED AROUND CANADIAN HOCKEY. THAT BEG SAID, NO ONE KNOWS HOCKEY, LIV HOCKEY AND LOV HOCKEY MORE THAN THOSE CRAZY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}G, WHO GREW UP CANADA AND IS OF (SUPER HOT) GERMAN SCENT, HAS YET TO MENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ABOUT THE SUATN. IF THIS REPORT IS ACCURATE, OUR BOY WILL BEE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NHL PLAYER AND HOTTT GUY AT THE GAY CLUB FOR THE RT OF HIS LIFE. ALSO, GREATT ASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT BEG SAID, WE ARE TOTALLY READY TO MOVE TO CANADA, EAT POUTE AND HAVE A CREW OF HOCKEY-PLAYG BABI THE SEND YOU SAY THE WORD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPDATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, WE WERE DUMB TO BELIEVE A TWTER ACUNT, WE JT GOT EXCED. JOSH G IS STRAIGHT AND ENGAGED, ACRDG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NFL MORE HOMOPHOBIC THAN EVER, ASKG PROSPECTS IF THEY’RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DRAG QUEEN TRAVEL TIPS: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

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