Le Prokop said feels much longer than a year sce he beme the first player unr ntract to an NHL team to e out as gay.
Contents:
- PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
- CALLG PRI JERSEYS A DISTRACTN IS SENDG THE WRONG MSAGE, SAYS NHL'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY AGENT
PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
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TEAM TRANS MEMBERS OPENING DOORSSet to take on Madison Gay Hockey Associatn weekend Friendship Seri. PROKOP GETS CALL OF SUPPORT FROM ELTON JOHNHears om Rock and Roll Hall of Famer day after g out as gay.
AHL ANNOUNCER COMES OUT AS GAY, HOPES TO HELP OTHERSSays he 'felt a real sense of duty' to make announcement. "Don't say gay was a huge thg, " he said. "Jocks were never [openly] gay, you know.
CALLG PRI JERSEYS A DISTRACTN IS SENDG THE WRONG MSAGE, SAYS NHL'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY AGENT
"It's about havg teams and athlet who unrstand misogyny, unrstand homophobia, who unrstand discrimatn and unrstand eply. " ❤️ <a href="></a>—@FlaPanthersLast week, on the same day the San Jose Sharks' Manoba-born goaltenr Jam Reimer cled to wear a jersey durg the team's Pri Night warm up, the team posted a strg of tweets about LGBTQ rights and of the tweets said that 73 per cent of rponnts to a survey about homophobia sport "believe youth team sport is not safe for gay people. " 73% of rponnts believe youth team sport is not safe for gay people.
Also, 81% of gay men and 74% of lbians are pletely or partially " the closet” while playg youth sports. The donatn was ma honour of Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop who me out 2021 and is the only openly gay player unr NHL ntract.
Calgary Pneers was the first gay hockey team Calgary, formg 2015. That year also marked the first time the NBA had a float participatg the New York Cy Pri Para wh NBA missner Adam Silver, WNBA print Lisa Borrs and former NBA player Jason Colls, who me out as gay after retirg 2014, were onboard.