March 19, 2012

Xtra reporters talk to a couple Vancouver Canucks players on acceptance of gay players within the sport, within the Vancouver Canucks themselves, and the You Can Play message.

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Filed under: LGBTQ Sports Hockey NHL Vancouver Canucks Kesler Sedin Xtra News. Canada BC british columbia gay queer LGBT 
March 19, 2012
Same-sex Marriage Proposal at NHL Game

Great clip of a same-sex couple getting engaged on the ice during an Ottawa/Toronto game over the weekend. Congrats to the happy couple and to the fans and NHL for being so supportive.

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Filed under: Canada Hockey Same-sex marriage Gay Lesbian LGBTQ LGBT Queer Ottawa Senators Maple Leads Toronto Ontario NHL Sports equal marriage equality 
March 17, 2012
Ottawa Citizen Story - Gay Jock Takes Off the Mask

Great story about a gay jock’s coming out process. 

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Filed under: hockey football basketball gay queer lgbtq lgbt jock sports Ottawa Canada Scott Heggart No More Bullies Campaign If You Can Play You Can Play 
March 5, 2012

Wicked video funded by the Burke family and supported by a number of hockey players from the NHL.

Visit You Can Play for more informaiton about the organization and how to support it.

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Filed under: Athletics Bi Brian Burke Gay Hockey LGBT Lesbian NHL Queer You Can Play athletes brendan burke professional sports sports lgbtq 
October 24, 2011

Former Australian Field Hockey Goalie Gus Johnston comes our and discusses homophobia within sport.

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Filed under: Hockey field hockey coming out gay queer LGBT homophobia sports Gus Johnston Australia 
September 27, 2011

NHL player Wayne Simmonds responds to the apparent homophobic comment (fucking faggot) that he said to Sean Avery. Simmonds himself appeared to be the target of hate for his race when a fan threw a banana on ice earlier this month.

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Filed under: NHL Hockey Sean Avery Homophobia hate Gay LGBT Queer Sports discrimination 
May 9, 2011

A good Canadian boy voicing his support for equality

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Filed under: same-sex marriage LGBT equality equal rights Gay Lesbian Queer Sean Avery Hockey New York rights 
February 9, 2011
NHL Player Sean Avery Supports Gay Hockey Players

Hockey star Sean Avery has come out in support of any gay hockey players.

“If there’s a kid in Canada or wherever, who is playing and really loves the game and wants to keep playing but he’s worried about coming out, I’d tell him to pick up the phone and call [NHLPA executive director] Donald Fehr and tell him to book me a [plane] ticket… I’ll stand beside him in the dressing room while he tells his teammates he is gay. Maybe if Sean Avery is there, they would have less of a problem with it.”

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Filed under: NHL Hockey Canada Sean Avery Gay Queer LGBT Sports Homophobia 
February 8, 2010
Wikipedia wants to delete Brendan Burke Article

Apparently coming out as gay in the hockey world, having Brian Burke as your father, and then meeting an untimely death at a young age only shortly after coming out publicly doesn’t make one notable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Brendan_Burke.

I would beg to differ as he was a trailblazer for queer people not just involved in hockey but involved in sport in North America.

I am surprise wiki is actually considering removing him. The article can be seen here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Burke

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Filed under: Hockey sports Brendan Burke LGBT queer