Many gay male hockey players and officials me out on Outsports this year. Together, they’re makg the sport’s culture more clive.
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GAY MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE G OUT DROV, AND CHANGG THE SPORT’S CULTURE
" 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. A slew of players me out, and wh each announcement, showed gay people belong on the ice.
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.