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

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Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn.

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LE PROKOP COM OUT AS GAY AND MAK NHL HISTORY

Le Prokop said feels much longer than a year sce he beme the first player unr ntract to an NHL team to e out as gay. * equipo hockey gay *

Le Prokop, a prospect for the Nashville Predators, me out as gay on Monday.

Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop has e out as gay, beg the first active player unr ntract to an NHL team to do so. High-level female hockey players, such as Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan, have prevly e out as gay, acrdg to the league.

PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY

Many gay male hockey players and officials me out on Outsports this year. Together, they’re makg the sport’s culture more clive. * equipo hockey gay *

Prokop's announcement ls than a month after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay.

The play-by-play broadster for Uti, the New Jersey Devils' Amerin Hockey League affiliate, publicly me out as gay October 2021, fluenced by Prokop's cisn. "I want to be the first openly gay player to play the NHL, " he said. A slew of players me out, and wh each announcement, showed gay people belong on the ice.

GAY MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE G OUT DROV, AND CHANGG THE SPORT’S CULTURE

NEW YORK—In the wake of NBA center Jason Colls and U.S. soccer midfielr Robbie Rogers g out as homosexual, reports revealed Friday that the Natnal Hockey League has fact had hundreds of openly gay athlet throughout s history. * equipo hockey gay *

Gay former hockey player Brock McGillis spoke to Outsports multiple tim this year about the prevalence of homophobia locker rooms.

Durg the quiet of the sprgtime sports shutdowns, two well-known NHL players, Stanley Cup champn Dt Penner and wger Brendan Leipsic, were ught postg horribly homophobic and misogynistic msag on social media.

THE N.H.L. OFFICIALLY WEL GAY PLAYERS WH MOST INCLIVE MEASUR OF ANY PROFSNAL SPORT

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When I go speak, I humanize beg a gay man and playg hockey at high levels.

Thomas Aquas College Upstate New York, Fkle often heard other players e anti-gay slurs.

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

The first openly gay profsnal hockey player says Leipsic will be nothg more than a fall guy if the NHL don’t beg to more serly te players on the power of their speech. * equipo hockey gay *

Fkle told the goalie he was gay, and that language was unacceptable to e on the ice — or anywhere, ankly. There are more openly gay figur all around the world of men’s hockey.

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This year alone, longtime NCAA Divisn 1 ref Brian Hicks announced he was gay; player and referee Gordie Mchard me out; pro announcer Jonathan Kliment penned his g-out story. After a lifetime of hearg gay sults the rk — opponents were always lled “cksuckers” or “fuckg fags” — Wton cid to e out to his teammat a heartfelt speech. Over the last , an creasg number of gay female Olympic hockey players have e out.

He was playg an ele youth league, but years of homophobia and self-hatred drove him away om the sport. And if someone asks if you are gay, jt look at them olly and say, ‘Yeah, so what?

GAY HOCKEY PLAYER: NHL HYPOCRIL TO NMN BRENDAN LEIPSIC WHOUT CHANGG CULTURE

Sports aren’t exactly known for beg clive to gay people. Support the partnership, they say, and are ready to help the sports world move beyond discrimatn agast gay people.

In fact, the You Can Play project was found a large part bee of a gay hockey player. Isn’t the only place wh a policy agast discrimatn agast gay people. It would make him the first openly gay athlete to play a major Amerin team sport.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Sports are still grapplg wh not jt homophobic players, but ach and owners as well. Last year, when a Ravens player spoke favor of gay marriage, a Maryland polician sent a note to the team’s owner chastisg him for allowg the player to speak up, promotg this now notor rponse om Vikgs punter Chris Kluwe.

Troy Vcent, a former player who is now the league’s executive charged wh player engagement, and Anna Isaacson, the league’s muny relatns director, have been signated to cull ias om gay advocy groups and to build relatnships wh the groups that the N.

Player who’s now out of the closet is on You Can Play’s advisory board spoke recently about some of the challeng of gag LGBT acceptance the locker room, beyond the mon homophobia the ris the Uned Stat.

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Hop to foc on that mentaly, one that pots out that gay players are not any different on the ice (or field) than straight on. That has been You Can Play’s philosophy all along, that gay or straight, if you n play, you n play. The Uned Stat Isn’t the Only Country Askg the Gay Marriage Qutn.

'NHL IS READY FOR GAY PLAYER,' SAYS PATRICK BURKE

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