Multiple ntenrs are lookg to signg NBA veteran Rudy Gay.
Contents:
- NHL VTIGATG GAY SLUR LIGHTNG-MAPLE LEAFS GAME
- NHL: LEAFS' RIELLY DIDN'T UTTER ANTI-GAY SLUR
- WHAT NHL TEAMS N LEARN OM THE MAPLE LEAFS' CISIVE RPONSE TO GAY SLUR ACCATN
- MULTIPLE NBA NTENRS REPORTEDLY TERTED RUDY GAY
NHL VTIGATG GAY SLUR LIGHTNG-MAPLE LEAFS GAME
The Maple Leafs cisn to have openly gay Olympian Mehan Duggan talk about cln was a powerful moment. * leafs gay *
Last year, Outsports profiled an array of gay male hockey players who are g out drov and changg the sport’s sular culture. One of them, llege hockey player Brock Wton, wrote about nstantly hearg gay slurs at the rk. The moral of the story is out gay male athlet ually have ntral or posive experienc wh their teammat, as our Out Sports study shows.
The Maple Leafs players also heard about the power of clivens om a gay Olympic hockey gold medalist.
NHL: LEAFS' RIELLY DIDN'T UTTER ANTI-GAY SLUR
Toronto Maple Leafs fenceman Man Rielly didn’t e an anti-gay slur agast an official durg Monday night’s game agast the Tampa Bay Lightng, the NHL announced today. * leafs gay *
The most-impactful part of eher Pri celebratn was the cisn by the Leafs to have Meghan Duggan — openly gay, a former U. The only holdout was Rsian-born goalie Ilya Samsonov, who ced Rsia’s punive anti-gay laws. As a bon to make the Pri Night even more gay Toronto, “a live drag show set to Canadian mic in Shania Twa’s song ‘Man!
"You always thk of there's a lot of bullyg sports and people are shamed if they e out as gay, but this shows how everyone n be accepted when you have a proment figure, pecially someone we're close wh, showg that we accept you and show that you are weled here and you're safe. The NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Man Rielly are adamant the star fenceman didn't utter a homophobic slur on the 's unclear is this: Did anyone? The league released the fdgs of s vtigatn Tuday the wake of allegatns swirlg on social media that Rielly ma an anti-gay remark durg the Leafs' 6-2 home loss to the Tampa Bay Lightng the prev night.
WHAT NHL TEAMS N LEARN OM THE MAPLE LEAFS' CISIVE RPONSE TO GAY SLUR ACCATN
Someone yelled a gay slur, apparently at the referee, durg the Lightng-Maple Leafs game. * leafs gay *
Televisn meras picked up what sound like a slur wh 1:51 left the send perd as Rielly and Tampa Bay forward Yanni Gour skated after the puck Toronto's appeared to be appealg for a penalty om referee Brad Meier about halfway through a Leafs power play, a sequence that would end wh the Lightng srg a short-hand | 'I know I didn't e that word': Leafs' Man Reilly:Leafs' Man Rielly: 'I know I didn't e that word'Toronto Maple Leafs fenceman Man Rielly and GM Kyle Dubas hold prs nference after NHL said Rielly did not direct a homophobic slur at an NHL did not say s lg if the slur had been ed, jt that wasn't uttered by the Toronto blue-ler. "When me out that was Man who was alleged to have ed a homophobic slur was surprisg to me, to say the least, " Dubas NHL, which has been vol s support of the LGBTQ muny recent years, marked Hockey is For Everyone month Febary, wh the Leafs holdg a You Can Play awarens Brock McGillis, who played both the Ontar Hockey League and semi-profsnally, and beme an advote for LGBTQ rights after he me out November 2016, said a lot of unanswered qutns rema surroundg Monday's alleged cint.
MULTIPLE NBA NTENRS REPORTEDLY TERTED RUDY GAY
The NHL said Tuday that Leafs fenseman Man Rielly did not utter an anti-gay slur that was picked up by microphon Monday's game. * leafs gay *
The 25-year-old Vanuver native was the Leafs' first-round pick (fifth overall) the 2012 team hosted 30 players om the Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn and sold You Can Play/Leafs-brand srv wh 100 per cent of the proceeds gog to You Can Play on Feb.
"Homophobic language has no place sports, " the statement read.