An Inclive NHL Awas s First Openly Gay Player

Contents:

• CGHA
• BULLS REPORTEDLY AMONG THE TEAMS INTERTED FREE AGENT FORWARD RUDY GAY
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• CHIGO GAY HOCKEY ASSOCIATN’S SEND DRAG BETY PAGEANT SR BIG

CGHA

All people wh a passn for hockey – novice or pro, male or female, straight or gay, players or fans – n jo our anizatn. But some teams and players have drawn scty wh opt-outs and a lack of participatn, the latt beg a Rsian player on the Buffalo Sabr, the Chigo Blackhawks -- who didn't wear Pri jerseys on Sunday -- and brothers Marc and Eric Staal ’s a ndown of the notable highlights around Pri Night across the NHL:Why Sabr' Ilya Lyubhk won't take part warmupsHe ced an anti-gay Kreml law and fears of retributn at home Rsia, acrdg to the Associated Prs. Nika Zasev was born Mosw, and other players on the team have fay or other nnectns Rsia, the AP Blackhawks still had plans for other activi, cludg DJs om the LGBTQ muny and the Chigo Gay men’s March 8, the Athletic published a story that clud quot om alternate pta Connor Murphy – “I don’t thk we have anyone, that i know of, that wouldn’t support that – and CEO Danny Wirtz – “the players are mted to this” – that said the team was expectg to March 23, Murphy told reporters: "We've been able to wear them before.

Mnota scrapped the jersey wearg bee of Rsia's anti-gay propaganda law, The Athletic said. ”Jack Jablonski, who me out as gay September 2022, did the Let's Play Hockey pregame chant. The on you don’t choose to do don’t necsarily make you bigoted, misogynistic or homophobic or racist.

“I thought was a good msage, and everybody’s wele our room, ” Benn ’s son, Patrick, helped found the You Can Play Project memory of his brother, Brendan, who died a r accint shortly after the llege hockey team manager had e out as gay. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

BULLS REPORTEDLY AMONG THE TEAMS INTERTED FREE AGENT FORWARD RUDY GAY

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.

AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Acrdg to Michael Stto, the Chigo Bulls are one of several teams that have taken a look at veteran Rudy Gay. Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype.

Gay has spent the prev two seasons wh the Utah Jazz, appearg a total of 111 of a possible 164 gam. Gay has been an extremely well-rpected role player and veteran prence for a long time.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Gay will turn 37 years old next month and enter his 18th season the NBA. Not to mentn, Gay do stand six-foot-eight and would, technilly, give Billy Donovan more pth at a short-hand power forward posn. But would Gay really want to e to Chigo?

It’s jt unclear how much meangful basketball Gay has left him, pecially when we nsir he shot jt 38.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

The ftivi will clu the Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn hostg a fay and iends skate event at Fifth Third Arena before attendg and participatg a special termissn performance durg the game, live pregame and -game entertament om DJ Vernimal, DJ Vel, and the Chigo Gay Men’s Chos, as well as lol LGBTQ+ bs and team partners operatg wh the Uned Center Atrium before the game. They are a product of culture where homophobic language is monplace. Currently, Blackhawks prospects Kev Korchski, Colton Dach, and Nolan Allan are all teammat wh Le Prokop, an openly gay player wh the Seattle Thunrbirds.

Luypen spoke about how Prokop was not viewed by his teammat as “a gay hockey player, ” but jt as a teammate and a iend. “I thk the more people end up g out, the more gets humanized, ” McGillis said of Prokop, a player he helped prepare for g out as gay wh the hockey muny. Matt Ld brgs a long and succsful fay slapshot to the Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn ( CGHA), which he joed last fall after learng om some iends that there was such a club Chigo after movg here 2012 om Washgton D.

Matt is gay; Kev is straight. The Buffalo Sabr Foundatn ed the opportuny of Hockey is for Everyone month to make a $5, 000 donatn to both the lol Gay & Lbian Youth Servic aniatn and the Pri Center of WNY.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

The Chigo Blackhawks are allowg a number LGBT anizatns to have tabl and booths on the nurse of the team’s game this Saturday, cludg the Center on Halstead and the Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn.

“The event, hosted by the Blackhawks Youth Hockey partment wh support Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn and Center on Halsted, clud a skills sectn and practice game, along wh the opportuny for the kids to shoot at Ben the , ” Mosier, who works wh the You Can Play project, said.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

The Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn (CGHA) is Chigo’s official gay hockey anizatn. Sce beg formed 2002 by Chuck Jabson, the Chigo Gay Hockey Organizatn has gone through many ups and downs. No person shall be exclud om participatn any program wh, nied membership to, or subjected to discrimatn any activy wh the Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn on the basis of sexual orientatn, sexual inty, genr inty, race, relign, creed, polil belief, age, natnal orig, soc-enomic stat, maral or faial stat, disabily or any other legally protected stat.

The Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn provis an environment wh the hockey muny that is open to all players and fans that is ee om discrimatn and prejudice. Hey, was a pretty good Pri weekend for the Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn ( CGHA).

The CGHA will travel to Montreal October for a gay hockey tournament, and plans to next host the Chigo Pri Classic aga 2019, Sobotka said.

CHIGO GAY HOCKEY ASSOCIATN’S SEND DRAG BETY PAGEANT SR BIG

Balof said that the cisn of the Wirtz fay, which owns the Blackhawks, to brg the Stanley Cup to the para and three addnal gay-owned bars "is a ttament to [the] ia that this [Stanley Cup champnship] was for all fans everywhere, " Balof said.

For many sports fans, beg gay and lovg sports is somethg they have had to keep separate or view as separate for a lot of their liv. For many gay kids sports were torture bee sports is often ed as a measure of masculy. And gay kids who grew to be great athlet often kept their sexualy hidn due to the stigma of beg gay athletics.