Wade Davis II, out former NFL player, and Darnell Moore, writer and activist, are launching a youth summer camp program aimed at bringing together LGBT athletes and straight allies.
“[T]he official policy of the NHL is one of inclusion on the ice, in our locker rooms and in the stands,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says. The “You Can Play Project” will work with the NHL at rookie camp, in the media and with players wanting information about sexual orientation.
Wearing a really snazzy pair of gloves trimmed in fringe and fur, Macklemore declares “anti-gay language has no place in sports or music” in a new video for You Can Play.
Yunel Escobar wrote “you are a faggot” on his eye black and then apologized. His apology, an activist says, illustrates both how far tolerance in sports has come and the lengths it still has to go.
There are no out male athletes in the major league sports world today. But among pro ballers, the straight part of the gay-straight alliance is finally getting itself off the ground.
