NHL Star Fined For Homophobic Slur

Anaheim Ducks Captain Ryan Getzlaf has been fined $10,000 for yelling a homophobic slur at the ref during a recent game. He called the ref a fucking cocksucker and I'm glad he has been called out on it. A lot of posts are saying that he didn't mean it to be hateful, he just got lost in the moment of a big game. Well, big fella, would you say that around your kids? No, I think not. He is the captain of an NHL team and it suppose to be a role model.
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ReOrientation Part Three: The Players Speak

This is the third and final part of TSN's ReOrientation series.  Ex NHL player Aaron Ward sits down with players Dustin Brown, and his teammate Ben Scrivens, to discuss homophobia in the locker room


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You Can Play - Toronto Marlies Pledge

This video is from last year but The Toronto Marlies were the first full team to sign on to the You Can Play campaign.

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NHL First Totally Supportive League

The NHL has announced that the Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will be the newest professional athlete to join the You Can Play Project.  This makes the NHL the first professional sports league to have each of its teams represented by players voicing their support for the LGBT community. Hopefully this will help with bullying with kids who look up to these guys.

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NHL Supports Gay Athletes

Gary Bettman is the commissioner of the NHL and he had a press conference announcing that gays in the league will not only be tolerated but will be welcome in the league.  This is in conjunction with the You Can Play campaign to encourage gay hockey players.  I think this is awesome and hopefully everyone follows his lead or else faces consequences.

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Canucks Welcomes Trans Goalie on Ice

I love hockey and this story makes me very happy.  The Vancouver Canucks have openly been supportive of the gay community and they continued this recently by inviting a sixteen year old transgender goalie to take the ice with goaltender Cory Schneider at the January 23 game against the Calgary Flames. Cory Oskam is a tenth grader transgender male who has been on hormone blockers since the age of nine and last week was invited onto the ice alongside the professional goalie as part of Minor Hockey Week at Vancouver's Rogers Arena. What an amazing and positive experience.
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NHL - Gay athletes You Can Play

I can't wait until homophobia doesn't haunt the sports world and no one has to fear going into the locker room. This video is on the campaign for You Can Play in the NHL.
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