I believe player safety should always come first.
AND, at a time when the LGBTQ community has become a target for politicians - over 400 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year - this gesture by @NHLBlackhawks feels like another organization caving to political pressure.
AND, at a time when the LGBTQ community has become a target for politicians - over 400 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year - this gesture by @NHLBlackhawks feels like another organization caving to political pressure.
https://twitter.com/CydZeigler/status/1638715381450932224
Listen: we have much bigger issues than whether my local hockey team with an offensive name wears a rainbow jersey. BUT: Taking away the most visible piece of a Pride Night celebration sends the message that the team is stepping back on its commitment to inclusion.
This is personally heartbreaking to me as someone who worked closely with @JillianSvensson at @YouCanPlayTeam as she organized every @nhl team to have a Pride Night. I was always astounded that hockey was the first sport to message inclusion in this way.
I even had the opportunity to work with several teams on their inclusion efforts in the past years. But we are seeing that work be dismantled as teams opt out of celebrating the LGBTQ community.
So much for #HockeyIsForEveryone - as long as teams & players are able to opt out of supporting certain players, coaches & fans, hockey is NOT for everyone.
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