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- BRAD MARCHAND SAYS GAY TEAMMATE WOULD BE ACCEPTED
- BRAD MARCHAND IS 100% RIGHT. THE NHL WILL PLETELY ACCEPT A GAY ATHLETE.
- BOSTON B BRAD MARCHAND: ‘NO QUTN’ A GAY PLAYER WOULD BE WELE PRO HOCKEY
- BOSTON BS' BRAD MARCHAND: THERE'S 'NO QUTN' THAT PLAYERS WOULD ACCEPT A GAY TEAMMATE
- MARCHAND: 'NO QUTN' GAY TEAMMATE WOULD BE ACCEPTED
- BRAD MARCHAND BELIEV NHL PLAYERS WOULD ACCEPT GAY TEAMMATE ‘NO QUTN’
BRAD MARCHAND SAYS GAY TEAMMATE WOULD BE ACCEPTED
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." * brad marchand gay *
Bs forward took stand agast alleged homophobic slur on Twter. Boston Bs forward Brad Marchand said he is nfint a gay player would be accepted the NHL if one cid to e out. Marchand stood up for the gay muny on Twter on Dec.
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BRAD MARCHAND IS 100% RIGHT. THE NHL WILL PLETELY ACCEPT A GAY ATHLETE.
Bs goalsrer Brad Marchand emerged as an outspoken proponent of LGBT rights a recent terview, sayg the NHL would be acceptg of a gay player. * brad marchand gay *
"I have iends who are gay relatnships and I don't thk 's right for people to be agast that. Photo via APBs wger Brad Marchand earned plds last month after he not only shut down a homophobic Twter troll wh gto, but retweeted a screenshot of the slur after the creep tried letg rogatory statement is offensive to so many people around the world your the kd of kid parents are ashamedof Brad Marchand (@Bmarch63) December 30, 2016@DJ_Redd_Baron your not gettg off that easy bud Brad Marchand (@Bmarch63) December 30, 2016Marchand, who earned his first trip to the NHL All-Star Game this year, sat down wh ESPN’s Joe MacDonald on Tuday and expound on his views on gay rights.
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BOSTON B BRAD MARCHAND: ‘NO QUTN’ A GAY PLAYER WOULD BE WELE PRO HOCKEY
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] about Boston B Brad Marchand: ‘No Qutn’ a Gay Player Would Be Wele Pro Hockey. Nobody should be surprised by the answer Brad Marchand gave when asked about havg a gay teammate. When the Boston Bs wger told ESPN this week that a gay athlete would absolutely be accepted by his teammat the NHL, he was speakg what we have known to be te for years.
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In 2015, 97% of NHL players asked by USA Today if they would accept a gay teammate said they would. When Andrew Shaw got ught g a gay slur last season, some poted to his mistake as evince of ep-rooted homophobia. Yet his apology was scere, and the Chigo Blackhawks themselv immediately spend him for his homophobic rant.
BOSTON BS' BRAD MARCHAND: THERE'S 'NO QUTN' THAT PLAYERS WOULD ACCEPT A GAY TEAMMATE
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Dpe all of the signs of support, there has still never been an active or former gay NHL player who has e out publicly. ” There is rampant homophobia, and people need to be brought to fix , go the mantra.
Boston Bs forward Brad Marchand spoke to ESPN about a tweet he wrote late December nouncg a fan who lled him a “fag”, and about his support for gay people general. I have iends who are gay relatnships, and I don't thk 's right for people to be agast that. Marchand also said that pro hockey is ready for a gay player:.
In any se, you may have read about Marchand on this se before, when he spoke to ESPN about a tweet he wrote late December nouncg a fan who lled him a “fag”, and about his support for gay people general. Marchand also said that pro hockey is ready for a gay player: “Guys would accept that, no qutn. He recently showed fans a b of his personaly and beliefs when he stood up to a Twter er who attacked him wh a homophobic slur -- a tweet that has has sce been leted.
MARCHAND: 'NO QUTN' GAY TEAMMATE WOULD BE ACCEPTED
There are lots of reasons the NHL would want this kd of behavr to end, none of which is homophobia. In an terview wh ESPN's Joe McDonald, the Boston Bs forward opened up about who he is away om the rk, and said when a profsnal hockey player do e out as gay, he'll be accepted by his teammat, "no qutn. "I have iends who are gay relatnships, and I don't thk 's right for people to be agast that, " he the latt trendg sports news daily your boxMORE STORIESGet the latt trendg sports news daily your box.
Boston Bs wger Brad Marchand has aga licked an opponent the Stanley Cup Playoffs, marrg the game, raisg issu of homophobia and, hopefully, drawg a spensn om the NHL.
In the Bs’ 3-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightng on Friday, Marchand cid to lick the cheek of Ryan Callahan (not to be nfed wh gay former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan). The unrlyg theme of all of this, of urse, is homophobia. “A man kissg a man followed up by his ments mak homophobic.
BRAD MARCHAND BELIEV NHL PLAYERS WOULD ACCEPT GAY TEAMMATE ‘NO QUTN’
While Marchand has said the NHL will accept a gay player, his e of homophobia as a weapon — and that is, at the re, what this is — is a disappotment.
If hockey wants to shed s image as the most homophobic sport North Ameri, the NHL and s players will have to do much, much better than this. The league n take a first step by tellg Marchand and every other player the league that this behavr spurrg homophobia will not be tolerated, and spendg Marchand for the Bs’ next playoff game. Is Brad Marchand Gay?