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In the year since player Sean Avery voiced his support of gay marriage, the sport has gotten more tolerant—but the fight is just beginning.
http://youcanplayproject.org/ This is the project that Brian and Patrick Burke have created in the legacy of Brendan Burke who came out in 2009. It aims to lower homophobia in the locker room and on the ice. you can read more about it on Puck Daddy here along with a PSA they made.http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/play-behind-pat...
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thenewgreen · 4370 days ago · link ·
- "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."
Sean Avery rules. What a nice, and brave, thing to offer and say.