So what is about the NHL that keeps current and former gay players closeted?
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PREDATORS PROSPECT PROKOP OUT AS GAY, MAK NHL HISTORY
Le Prokop ma history Monday, beg the first player unr ntract to an NHL team to e out as gay. * nhl lgbt *
"It's about havg teams and athlet who unrstand misogyny, unrstand homophobia, who unrstand discrimatn and unrstand eply. " ❤️ <a href="></a>—@FlaPanthersLast week, on the same day the San Jose Sharks' Manoba-born goaltenr Jam Reimer cled to wear a jersey durg the team's Pri Night warm up, the team posted a strg of tweets about LGBTQ rights and of the tweets said that 73 per cent of rponnts to a survey about homophobia sport "believe youth team sport is not safe for gay people. " 73% of rponnts believe youth team sport is not safe for gay people.
Also, 81% of gay men and 74% of lbians are pletely or partially " the closet” while playg youth sports.
The donatn was ma honour of Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop who me out 2021 and is the only openly gay player unr NHL ntract. Calgary Pneers was the first gay hockey team Calgary, formg 2015.
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TEAM TRANS MEMBERS OPENING DOORSSet to take on Madison Gay Hockey Associatn weekend Friendship Seri. PROKOP GETS CALL OF SUPPORT FROM ELTON JOHNHears om Rock and Roll Hall of Famer day after g out as gay. AHL ANNOUNCER COMES OUT AS GAY, HOPES TO HELP OTHERSSays he 'felt a real sense of duty' to make announcement.
Several NHL teams chose not to wear special warmup jerseys at all bee of new Rsian anti-gay laws that may have put players om that untry jeopardy if they promoted pro-LGBTQ . ”The NHL hasn’t given out a penalty or fe for anti-LGBTQ+ language sce 2017, though the Amerin Hockey League spend a player April 2022 for eight gam for g homophobic language.