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
- OPENLY GAY NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP CALLS OUT LACK OF 'INCLN' AFTER PLAYERS BOYTT PRI NIGHT
- NHL PLAYER GETS SEVERE BACKLASH FOR HIS RPONSE TO TEAM’S GAY PRI ACTIVI
PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
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. "I want to be the first openly gay player to play the NHL, " he said.
"Don't say gay was a huge thg, " he said. "Jocks were never [openly] gay, you know.
OPENLY GAY NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP CALLS OUT LACK OF 'INCLN' AFTER PLAYERS BOYTT PRI NIGHT
"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.
NHL PLAYER GETS SEVERE BACKLASH FOR HIS RPONSE TO TEAM’S GAY PRI ACTIVI
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.