Openly Gay Hockey Player Says NHL Has Taken 'A Step Back for Incln'

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Boston Bs forward Brad Marchand said he is nfint a gay player would be accepted the NHL if one cid to e out."Guys would accept , no qutn," Marchand told an terview published Tuday. "We're a team the [locker] room and a fay. It don't matter what different beliefs guys have, or where they e om, or whatever the se may be. Guys would accept ."Aga, the room, we're a fay. That's the way is on a hockey team, and that's the way will always be. It's bound to happen at some pot, and when do will be accepted."

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PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY

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. * nhl player gay comments *

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.

OPENLY GAY NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP CALLS OUT LACK OF 'INCLN' AFTER PLAYERS BOYTT PRI NIGHT

The longtime Blackhawks forward says he’s learned a lot sce sayg a gay slur an NHL playoff game. * nhl player gay comments *

"I want to be the first openly gay player to play the NHL, " he said.

NHL PLAYER ANDREW SHAW TAILS HIS EVOLUTN ON LGBTQ ISSU SCE GAY SLUR CINT

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. * nhl player gay comments *

20-year-old Prokop, the first openly gay player wh a ntract unr the NHL, penned a thoughtful msage about players the league who have opposed wearg pri jerseys or g rabow stick tape durg their teams' annual pri events.

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

Prokop me out as gay 2021, one year after beg selected by the Nashville team the 2020 NHL Draft.

"Today I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay.

NHL PLAYER'S BOYTT OF TEAM'S PRI NIGHT TRIBUTE 'DISRPECTFUL' TO GAY MUNY: AGENT

Former Chigo Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw said one of the most vile anti-gay slurs on natnal TV the middle of an NHL playoff game.

Today, Shaw says he’s mted to eraditg the sual homophobia that pervas locker rooms. Lazes wrote an tertg feature story on the evolvg culture of the NHL, which overt homophobia is ls wispread than ed to be, players and ach say.

A veteran Eastern Conference player told Lazes gay slurs are still heard on the ice, albe ls equently. The AHL recently spend a player eight gam for homophobic language.

BRAD MARCHAND SAYS GAY TEAMMATE WOULD BE ACCEPTED

But to Brock McGillis, the first openly gay male profsnal hockey player North Ameri, merely ncelg Leipsic is futile. “Every player I’ve been around has ed this type of language: racist, sexist or homophobic language, ” McGillis told Outsports.

Last month, McGillis spoke wh Outsports about the importance of llg out hate-speech hockey, explag why he chose to highlight two-time Stanley Cup champn Dt Penner’s vile nspiracy-filled homophobic Twter timele. As the first openly gay pro hockey player, McGillis has plenty of first-hand experienc wh the evils of bigotry. Former NHL biser Brandon Pst recently went on a Twter tira about “reverse racism” and star Bs forward David Pastrnak was ught g “you’re gay” as an sult on his Twch stream, though he did tch himself and apologize.

LE PROKOP COM OUT AS GAY AND MAK NHL HISTORY

When I go speak, I humanize beg a gay man and playg hockey at high levels. Provorov’s polarizg cisn is remiscent of Tampa Bay Rays pchers who were labeled "bigots" for clg to wear gay pri patch durg an LGBTQ celebratn June.

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