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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- THIS GAY NHL FAN WAS ATTACKED AND IS G FORWARD TO STOP HOMOPHOBIA
- ALPE SKIG CHAMPN HIG ROBERTS OUT AS GAY
THIS GAY NHL FAN WAS ATTACKED AND IS G FORWARD TO STOP HOMOPHOBIA
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Content note: This post discs homophobia and particularly the e of homophobic slurs hockey. I have tentnally not repeated the slurs this post, however, I have lked to articl that do, and have clud tweets that directly addrs homophobia.
Former players report experiencg homophobic abe locker rooms and on the ice, and the sual e of slurs has been noted as a troublg feature of hockey culture.
Gay hockey players pot to the e of sually homophobic language, such as sayg “that’s so gay” to refer to somethg negative, as a barrier that prevents them om g out. Even amongst straight hockey players, there is a fear of beg viewed as gay, or of not nformg to the image that has been nstcted of what a hockey player should be.
ALPE SKIG CHAMPN HIG ROBERTS OUT AS GAY
Although some NHL players e Pri tape on their sticks or equipment and have spoken out agast homophobia, others have implied that dog so may rult creased chirpg on the ice, cludg om their own teammat.