Gay hockey players are changg the sport’s atavistic culture - Outsports

Contents:

• NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE
• PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
• FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: HOT HOCKEY PLAYERSGAY HOCKEY PLAYERS LIST: COLLEGE AND PRO ATHLET
• GAY MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE G OUT DROV, AND CHANGG THE SPORT’S CULTURE
• REPORT: NHL ACTUALLY HAS HAD HUNDREDS OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS FOR YEARS
• FOR GAY HOCKEY PLAYER, LOCKER ROOM FELT LIKE A PRISON
• GAY HOCKEY PLAYER: NHL HYPOCRIL TO NMN BRENDAN LEIPSIC WHOUT CHANGG CULTURE
• WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
• ‘IT’S NOT ENOUGH’: OPENLY GAY EX-HOCKEY PLAYER LLS ON THE SPORT TO EVOLVE
• AN N.H.L. PROSPECT IS THE FIRST SUCH PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE’S GAY
• EL FUTBOLISTA PROFNAL STRALIANO JOSH CAVALLO ANUNCIA QUE GAY
• FIRST GAY OLYMPIAN HISTORY PETED 1928
• IN RARY, A PLAYER SPEAKS OUT FOR GAY RIGHTS
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, A FIRST FOR THE LEAGUE

Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay via a heartfelt statement to fans Monday, sayg he hoped would improve gay visibily wh the hockey muny. “I hope that sharg who I am I n help other people see that gay people are wele the hockey muny, as we work to make sure that hockey is tly for everyone, ” he wrote.

Prokop hasn’t played an NHL game yet, but if he do, he’ll jo que a small club: There have only been two openly gay active players the four largt US sports leagu – Carl Nassib of the NFL’s Las Vegas Rairs, who me out last month, and Jason Colls, an NBA veteran who me out 2013 and retired the followg season. This n evolve to lastg homophobic attus or e gay players to hi their sexualy om their teammat, said Erik Denison, a behavral scientist and lead rearcher on the Sport Incln Project at Monash Universy Atralia, a June terview wh CNN. The play-by-play broadster for Uti, the New Jersey Devils' Amerin Hockey League affiliate, publicly me out as gay October 2021, fluenced by Prokop's cisn.

PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY

Apparently, he planned to e out when he was playg profsnally but the anti-gay jok he heard the locker room and worri about his job secury as a hockey player prompted him not ’s what he says about his g out: “It would be ial if I didn’t have to talk about this. Cotsonika as “the clost person to the NHL ever to e out publicly and say that he is gay” g out 2009 created que a stir the hockey world as his father, Brian Burke, is the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and of the US Olympic hockey team. Brendan, on the left, wh kid brother Patrick Burke who now heads the NHL Department of Player Safety and -founr of the You Can Play Project which seeks to elimate “homophobic culture found some rners of hockey” McGillis, who once played for the Ontar Hockey League, me out as gay a November 2016 article on Yahoo Sports.

Photo of Brock urty of >> Related Post: Shirtls Hockey PlayersHere’s what Brock wrote his Yahoo g-out article: “I was gay, but uldn’t share my secret wh anyone. Durg the quiet of the sprgtime sports shutdowns, two well-known NHL players, Stanley Cup champn Dt Penner and wger Brendan Leipsic, were ught postg horribly homophobic and misogynistic msag on social media. This year alone, longtime NCAA Divisn 1 ref Brian Hicks announced he was gay; player and referee Gordie Mchard me out; pro announcer Jonathan Kliment penned his g-out story.

After a lifetime of hearg gay sults the rk — opponents were always lled “cksuckers” or “fuckg fags” — Wton cid to e out to his teammat a heartfelt speech.

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Soccer midfielr Robbie Rogers g out as homosexual, reports revealed Friday that the Natnal Hockey League has fact had hundreds of openly gay athlet throughout s Week's Most Viral News: July 28, 2023OffEnglishSourc nfirmed that gay players have actually been credibly mon the NHL for s, and the league is only now beg creded wh layg the groundwork for the growg acceptance of homosexualy profsnal sports. “It’s obvly a watershed moment when a player om the NBA announc he’s gay, but most people fet about Montreal Canadiens wger Steve Shutt, who me out back 1972, ” said hockey historian Hank Crerand, notg that Shutt was the first of many gay NHL players to reveal their homosexualy. ”Sce s origal ceptn 1917 through to the “Origal 6” era of the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s, the NHL has reportedly had a long history of gay players and was far ahead of s time batg prejudice and tolerance toward homosexualy wh locker rooms and stadiums.

“Thgs really started to take a turn for the better when Mike Ezne beme the first openly gay pta of an Olympic hockey team to w a gold medal, leadg the U.

”“That kiss really changed a lot of attus wh the hockey muny, ” Crerand Probert, who played 16 seasons for the Detro Red Wgs and Chigo Blackhawks, reportedly had a huge impact on the league as hockey’s “Homo Enforcer, ” timidatg the petn and pummelg opponents wh vic punch. Crerand told reporters that Probert was the “most feared queer” the NHL and transformed the perceptn that a homosexual hockey player uldn’t be a gay goon.

GAY MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE G OUT DROV, AND CHANGG THE SPORT’S CULTURE

Crerand strsed, however, that no athlete was more fluential to the gay rights movement than Wayne Gretzky, wily regard as the greatt gay player NHL history. “Number 99 pletely changed the landspe for gay athlet the NHL, pecially mercially, and no one had a greater impact on young gay hockey players around the world. Louis, Rick Nash, Ryan Miller, Patrik Elias, Stephen Gnta, Clarke MacArthur, Patrick Dwyer, Mike Rupp, Carey Price, Dt Brown, Zbynek Michalek, Brad Richards, Derek Dorsett, Brian Boyle, David Krejci, Shea Weber, Derick Brassard, Sergei Gonchar, Bran Holtby, Brandon Dubsky, Stephane Robidas, Col Greeng, Jam Reimer, Kev Poul, Brandon Pst, Travis Hamonic, Mart Brour, Joakim Anrsson, Vcent Levalier, Josh Green, Daniel Aledsson, Joe Thornton, Arron Asham, Alexanr Steen, Michael Del Zotto, Patrice Bergeron, Matt Duchene, Teddy Purcell, Michael Ryr, Tomas Fleischmann, Lars Eller, Daniel Wnik, Jyri Niemi, Mikhail Grigorenko, Evanr Kane, David Back, Jiri Tlty, Sam Gagner, David Dharnais, Cody Franson, Steve Ott, Dt Byfuglien, Casey Cizikas, Daniel Sed, Brian Campbell, Ilya Kovalch, Chris Neil, Patrick Sharp, Jaromir Jagr, Hal Gill, Mark Grdano, Marc-Andre Flry, Ray Whney, Mike Cammalleri, Lee Stempniak, Jam van Riemsdyk, Mart Hanzal, David Clarkson, Vny Prospal, Taylor Hall, Ryan Getzlaf, Andrew Ladd, Alexanr Sem, Max Pacretty, Brenn Dillon, Jonathan Toews, Jordan Eberle, Marian Hossa, Frans Nielsen, Alex Galcheny, Bobby Ryan, Manny Malhotra, Mike Fisher, Bryan Ltle, Nail Yakupov, Patrick Marle, Jonathan Huber, Tyler Ennis, Craig Anrson, Saku Koivu, Shane Doan, Ryan Whe, Blake Wheeler, Evgeni Nabokov, Mark Fraser, Jeff Carter, Nicklas Backstrom, Michael Grabner, Brendan Gallagher, Tomas Plekanec, John Tavar, Taylor Pyatt, Alex Burrows, Rene Bourque, Jason Chimera, Jofey Lupul, Corey Perry, Brad Stuart, Jt Williams, Matt Cullen, Marian Gaborik, Patrik Berglund, Brian Elltt, Josh Hardg, Daniel Cleary, Roberto Luongo, Nazem Kadri, Zach Parise, Eric Staal, Jordan Staal, Marc Staal, Jared Staal, Steven Stamkos, and Ryan Kler all g out as gay recent years.

REPORT: NHL ACTUALLY HAS HAD HUNDREDS OF OPENLY GAY PLAYERS FOR YEARS

Acrdg to experts, the league’s progrsive stance toward homosexualy also paved the way for the 2013 Philalphia Flyers, the only profsnal sports roster history to be prised entirely of gay players.

“It’s nice to see the rt of the sports world begng to tch up to the NHL when to gay tolerance, ” said ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose, himself openly gay sce the early 1990s.

”“But whout a doubt, none of this would have been possible whout the unbelievable altism and open-mdns of the NHL fan base, ” add Melrose, “It’s far easier for players to be tly fortable their own sk knowg so many fans are gay too. I was so adamantly agast beg gay that I started to hurt myself the send I started to feel attractn for another boy, but that was way after elementary school and right around the time I started playg hockey.

FOR GAY HOCKEY PLAYER, LOCKER ROOM FELT LIKE A PRISON

It wasn’t the hockey muny that troduced me to homophobia, but rather was the environment that helped rerce them that built and toughened my self-hatred.

GAY HOCKEY PLAYER: NHL HYPOCRIL TO NMN BRENDAN LEIPSIC WHOUT CHANGG CULTURE

Or maybe bee I had heard all too much that wasn’t a surprise anymore to hear somethg so extreme, that I was so disnnected om homosexualy that I started to be OK wh the outlandish vol vlence towards . I thk there is a part of me hopg that some of my former teammat who were the most homophobic see this article, maybe read the name of the thor, see how long is and then move on.

Last month, McGillis spoke wh Outsports about the importance of llg out hate-speech hockey, explag why he chose to highlight two-time Stanley Cup champn Dt Penner’s vile nspiracy-filled homophobic Twter timele.

Former NHL biser Brandon Pst recently went on a Twter tira about “reverse racism” and star Bs forward David Pastrnak was ught g “you’re gay” as an sult on his Twch stream, though he did tch himself and apologize. El extremo 27 años, que tá jugando cedido en el Sparta Praga, se nvierte en el primer jugador que pasa por la liga pañola que clara abiertamente su homosexualidad, un tema que siempre ha sido tabú en el mundo l fútbol profnal se sceró n valentía para exprar su ndición y abar n s miedos.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

En mayo l curso pasado, Jake Daniels, 18 años, se nvirtió en el primer futbolista profnal ropeo en activo que hizo públi su homosexualidad s Fashuano. Previamente, Fashanu, que jugó en equipos o el Manchter Cy y el Nottgham Fort, tuvo que soportar el rechazo s antiguos pañeros cuando hace 23 años, n 29, reveló su homosexualidad en una entrevista n el tabloi The Sun.

‘IT’S NOT ENOUGH’: OPENLY GAY EX-HOCKEY PLAYER LLS ON THE SPORT TO EVOLVE

El lantero ancés salió l armar años spués retirarse o jugador y tras termar su rrera o 2021, el straliano Cavallo proclamó su homosexualidad cuando tenía 21 años. Jack Jablonski, ex jugador hockey en la liga tadouninse y activista por los rechos la unidad en suación dispacidad, se claró abiertamente gay en s res social:.

AN N.H.L. PROSPECT IS THE FIRST SUCH PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE’S GAY

Entonc cuando tuve dudas y nflictos pensaba que ‘sería una fase y lo superaría’ (…) Siempre bqué nrlo, cía ‘no tengo ter, ni tereotipos que se perciban o gay, no toy en nada o. When Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop me out this week, was the first time an active player unr ntract to an NHL team had ever publicly acknowledged they were gay. Overnight, Prokop's announcement doubled the number of out gay athlet currently playg the untry's four major men's sports — football, basketball, baseball and hockey.

Gay male athlet face cultural barriers Part of the reason for the lack of out gay players men's profsnal sports uld be that there are jt fewer of them the game. "Gay men are a fe rource, so they n't exist great numbers every quarter, " Magrath told "Gay men are overreprented some areas, and as a nsequence are gog to be unrreprented sports.

EL FUTBOLISTA PROFNAL STRALIANO JOSH CAVALLO ANUNCIA QUE GAY

NBA player Jason Colls, who me out 2013 while he was still playg the league, later told NPR " went great" when he scribed the perd after announcg he was gay. After Michael Sam beme the first openly gay athlete to be drafted to the NFL 2014, then-Miami Dolphs safety Don Jon tweeted "horrible, " rultg penalti and a spensn.

There are key differenc the cultur of men's and women's athletics While few active players the major men's sports leagu have e out, many female profsnal athlet have said publicly that they're gay, om U.

It’s been about four years sce Brock McGillis beme the first openly gay male pro hockey player, and that day 2016 me five years after he me out to iends and fay. And until you n be who you are whout the fear of racism, sexism, homophobia, judgment towards those wh mental illns, you’re sayg you n only have a part of the menu. It’s my belief that if you need to humanize the issu wh the hockey culture, and by that I mean you need people who have lived the experienc wh men’s hockey culture to humanize racism, sexism, homophobia, abe and mental illns.

FIRST GAY OLYMPIAN HISTORY PETED 1928

Yeah, and then the league-wi polls e out where ’s like everyone says they wouldn’t md havg a gay teammate, and that’s great, but ’s not enough to make somebody actually e out while beg an active NHL n say you don’t md havg a gay teammate, but when people are still sayg (var slurs), or g homonegative and sexist language the locker room, and they’ve been g sce they were a kid, no one is gog to e out. Prospect Is the First Such Player to Announce He’s GayLe Prokop, who is unr ntract wh the Nashville Predators, said he was “no longer sred to hi who I am. “The rise of social media, pecially Instagram, has given athlet a fom where they n live their liv openly and intify directly wh their followers, ” Outsports wrote last said he hoped his claratn would show others that gay players are wele hockey.

Acrdg to the Associated Prs, Lyubhk isn't gog to wear a Pri-themed jersey due to the recent anti-gay law that was passed Rsia that rtricts the rights of the LGBTQIA+ 28-year-old fenseman is om Mosw and his fay, whom he viss the offseason, still liv Rsia. Predators prospect Le Prokop speaks out regardg Pri Night ntroversi Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop, the league's first openly gay active player, recently spoke out about all the Pri Night ntroversi that have occurred around the NHL this season.

ESPN6 jun, 2023, 14:01 ETNueve jugador han hablado abiertamente sobre su orientación sexual, pero algunos ellos tuvieron que abandonar el futbol por el aso y la falta che Jakub Jankto ha sido el último jugador que se claró abiertamente homosexual siendo futbolista en activo.

IN RARY, A PLAYER SPEAKS OUT FOR GAY RIGHTS

2019 | Andy Bremman, South Melbourne / AtraliaAndy Bremman, en el 2019, se claró abiertamente homosexual bido a que “si mis amigos no podían aceptar ta parte tegral mí, si el futbol ya no me quería, entonc yo tampo los quería en mi vida”, claró en una entrevista n FIFAPro.

QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

“No creo que los equipos nadiens tén disputos a ntratar a un futbolista gay actualmente, por o que ya nsiro mi rrera profnal termada”, entó m spués su anunc. El boya ternacnal 25 años ha salido l armar en un mundo en el que la homosexualidad un tema tabú, tal y o din los pos portistas que lo han hecho hasta ahora, al menos en España. Hzlsperger, ternacnal por la selección fútbol alemana y exjugador equipos important o Laz, Everton, Wolfsburgo o Stuttgart, uno los pos futbolistas que se han atrevido a nfar su homosexualidad.

Las claracn algunos pañeros, así o los cántis ofensivos que se suelen cuchar en las gradas, son factor que no ayudan a los futbolistas gays a salir l armar. En la bgrafía, amás explir la dificultad vivir su homosexualidad en la NBA, reveló que Karl Malone era homófobo y que el entrenador Jerry Sloan lo odiaba por ser gay. Pos m spués, uno los mejor equipos la MLS Estados Unidos, Los Angel Galaxy, cidió rporarlo a su equipo, nvirtiéndose así en el primer jugador abiertamente gay la liga soccer.