A diehard Boston Bs fan says he was beaten by three Avalanche fans after last week's game bee he is gay.
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- AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
- CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: TROY AIKMAN SAYS BEG GAY ‘IS NOT MY LIFTYLE’
- THIS GAY NHL FAN WAS ATTACKED AND IS G FORWARD TO STOP HOMOPHOBIA
AN INCLIVE NHL AWAS S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
All month long, Outsports is revisg key moments gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer sports history as part of LGBTQ history month. ”People didn’t really ask the qutn so much as assume that I’m gay, ” said Kper, who is straight and liv New York wh his wife, photographer Annelizabeth Wells, and their two children. But when a man pats this patg, ’s associated wh homoerotic activy.
There has never been an openly gay player the NHL.
CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: TROY AIKMAN SAYS BEG GAY ‘IS NOT MY LIFTYLE’
Not one player the league’s 103-year existence has ever e out publicly as gay – not even retirement. I have heard the explanatns, rangg om the ludicro (there are no “gays” the league) to the simplistic (the game’s hateful, toxic male culture driv gay players unrground).
I believe, however, that won’t be long before the NHL has openly gay players lacg up their skat and others workg the ranks of management and hockey operatns. Related: Is the NHL Ready for a Gay Player?
THIS GAY NHL FAN WAS ATTACKED AND IS G FORWARD TO STOP HOMOPHOBIA
NHL missner Gary Bettman regnized this 2016 when he spoke about the league’s partnership wh the You Can Play anizatn, workg to dismantle barriers met by gay athlet sport. But I thk ’s our job to create a culture and an environment where a gay player knows he is safe and wele.