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Wilson and fellow Sttish referee Craig Napier both me out as gay on Thursday; Wilson hop his cisn will spire others football to follow su after beg fluenced by Jake Daniels and Josh Cavallo

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THIS GAY HOCKEY REFEREE LOV THE GAME. HOMOPHOBIA TELLS HIM THE GAME DON’T LOVE HIM BACK.

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The 12U hockey ach yellg at me om the bench durg a tournament I was officiatg was referrg to a small pri sticker I put on my helmet after seeg one on the helmet of my favore official, Dre Barone, an out gay AHL (at the time ECHL) official. It wasn’t the first time I had experienced homophobia hockey – That happened well before the locker room durg my playg days. Acrdg to gay hockey referee Tyler, this helmet sticker upset a lot of people.

However, hate and homophobia are still there the game. While USA Hockey has updated l to clu harsher penalti for homophobic and racist language before, durg, and after gam, is still there.

More recently, a 12-year-old player was makg homophobic ments to me om the bench while I skated by, and after the third time I gave the bench a penalty.

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“You’re beg soft bee you’re gay, ” the ach told me.

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When that same player received another penalty om me (at the time I didn’t realize that was the same player), I got another homophobic tira om the ach.

“You’re targetg him bee you’re gay and he ma those ments, ” the ach said. Hockey has ma stris terms of workg on some of s culture problems, but I thk homophobia is still an issue that needs a lot of attentn. Associatns n do their part by makg sure there are clear l agast homophobic, racist and discrimatory actns and ments, and by followg through on punishment of those who break those l.

Whenever I enunter homophobia hockey, I am remd that I love the game, and I want to give back, but sometim feels like the game don’t love me back. Sttish referee Lloyd Wilson believ football is "prepared and ready" for more people to e out publicly as gay and "good roads" are beg ma as the game be more and fellow referee Craig Napier both me out as gay on Thursday and Wilson hop his cisn will spire others football to follow su.

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Sttish refs Napier and Wilson e out as gayDaniels be UK's first openly gay profsnal men's player. Sttish referee Craig Napier says he felt 'lighter' after g out as gay, and hop by speakg out he n help to 'change the culture' the game. Future of Football: Will we see the Premier League's first out gay footballer the next 10 to 20 years?

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Sophie McKna: Brish shot putter out as gay | 'I don't want to have to live my life secretly'. Jason Colls celebrat gay 'label' and tails how culture of homophobic language has 'shifted' the last. Wilson says he was spired by the bravery of Jake Daniels, who beme the first active profsnal men's player the UK to e out as gay sce Fashanu 1990 an exclive terview wh Sky Sports last month, and Josh Cavallo, the Alai Uned player who also prevly revealed he is gay.

Ryan Atk, who beme the first man refereeg England's profsnal leagu to e out as gay, says Sttish officials Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson will feel 'relief' after g out. Sttish refere Craig Napier and Lloyd Wilson have e out as gay a bid to see a "climate change" football after beg spired by Jake Daniels and Josh, 32, a tegory one referee, be the first openly gay figure Sttish men's profsnal football sce Jt Fashanu played for Airdrie and Hearts the mid-1990s, several years after announcg his was quickly followed g out by fellow official Wilson, who officiat Stland's lower a vio on the Sttish Football Associatn's Twter acunt, Napier said he wanted to help remove the "stigma" and "fear" that others his posn may feel about revealg their sexualy. Daniels be UK's first openly gay profsnal men's player.

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Wilson believ football is "prepared and ready" for more people to e out publicly as gay and "good roads" are beg ma as the game be more clive.

"Napier and Wilson said they were spired by Jake Daniels, who beme the first active profsnal men's player the UK to e out as gay sce Fashanu 1990 an exclive terview wh Sky Sports last month, and Josh Cavallo, the Alai Uned player who also prevly revealed he is gay. Napier said: "There will be people who might say this don't need to be the news, a gay sportsperson don't need to be on the back pag or on social media. Josh Cavallo is one of the only publicly gay male profsnal footballers.

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