NHL -- Boston Bs' Brad Marchand -- There's 'no qutn' that players would accept a gay teammate - ESPN

Contents:

• AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
• BOSTON BS' BRAD MARCHAND: THERE'S 'NO QUTN' THAT PLAYERS WOULD ACCEPT A GAY TEAMMATE
• THORNTON SAYS HE WOULD ACCEPT A GAY TEAMMATE

AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

There has never been an openly gay player the NHL. Not one player the league’s 103-year existence has ever e out publicly as gay – not even retirement. I have heard the explanatns, rangg om the ludicro (there are no “gays” the league) to the simplistic (the game’s hateful, toxic male culture driv gay players unrground).

I believe, however, that won’t be long before the NHL has openly gay players lacg up their skat and others workg the ranks of management and hockey operatns. Related: Is the NHL Ready for a Gay Player? NHL missner Gary Bettman regnized this 2016 when he spoke about the league’s partnership wh the You Can Play anizatn, workg to dismantle barriers met by gay athlet sport.

BOSTON BS' BRAD MARCHAND: THERE'S 'NO QUTN' THAT PLAYERS WOULD ACCEPT A GAY TEAMMATE

But I thk ’s our job to create a culture and an environment where a gay player knows he is safe and wele. If and when that happens, believe me, that person will have the full support of the missner’s office” (om “Gary Bettman says NHL is ready for s first openly gay player, ” The Chigo Tribune, 29/06/2016) Commissner Gary Bettman (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Today, hockey mt reflect the changg valu of s fan base.

Fans of the future will not accept homophobia the sports and entertament products they Are No Gay Players the NHL.., there are now and always have been gay players the NHL. Admtedly, precise timat of the gay populatn the league are notorly difficult to fd.

THORNTON SAYS HE WOULD ACCEPT A GAY TEAMMATE

Nohels, acrdg to a 2017 Gallup study based on 340, 000 terviews, the percentage of Amerin adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr 2017 was 4.