Caitlin Cahow doesn't play for Team USA anymore but she feels it's important for female athletes to feel comfortable coming out. Caitlin is on the Board of Directors of her own hockey league and wants to speak out about why women feel they can't come out if they play hockey.
When we tried to do a video for the for You Can Play Project for the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, we had a difficult time getting gay athletes–as well as straight athletes–to participate. It was like pulling teeth with many people, whether or not it was articulated, because the assumption is that is there is “a guilty by association” philosophy with female athletes. You don’t want to be perceived as being a lesbian, and if you are a lesbian, you don’t want to fit into the stereotype. You don’t want to gratify that stereotype with a response. That’s something unique to women’s sports.
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