#something hockey related

[extraliga-related]

With everything that's been going on lately, here's a short non-comprehensive accumulation of things that could be called progress regarding relations between men's hockey and being queer:

The 🇦🇺 AIHL's Melbourne Mustangs, advocating for trans rights in sports since 2017, and the same team in 2023, donning pride jerseys designed by former goalie (and twin sister of Ty) Tia Wishart who is part of the LGBTQ community.

Jase Polglase of the AIHL's Central Coast Rhinos who puts pride tape on his stick every single game.

Robert Dowd and Marc-Olivier Vallerand having a dance after a win with the Sheffield Steelers.

Starting off with individual efforts, the 🇬🇧 EIHL has since extended their pride event to the duration of a full weekend following a conjoint initiative by the teams' fanbases in 2019.

Zach Sullivan, one of the few out queer athletes in the sport, felt supported enough by his team to come out as bisexual ahead of the Manchester Storm's pride game in 2020.

Danish goalie Jon Lee-Olsen came out as gay a year prior and was reportedly supported by his teammates.

The 🇸🇪 SHL lead the way, awarding the cause a full week since 2019 with elaborate campaigns and getting refs as well as coaches involved. It's a colorful sight.

While Pride Games are at present not an official part of the schedule, several 🇩🇪 DEL teams are joining in. Augsburg and Köln do their part, Berlin has one of the dedicated queer fanclubs and visibly stands against homophobia since at least 2016.

As of 2022 the entire league, as well as a growing number of clubs in the tiers below, cooperate with Hockey is Diversity e.V.. So does the Para Ice Hockey National Team, including Jörg Wedde, who also keeps pride tape on his equipment.

🇫🇮 Liiga's TPS added these stunning jerseys to the mix.

While all the aforementioned teams already wear the jerseys for at least one full game, IF Kiruna of the Swedish 3rd league stepped it up several notches. In 2014 they've decided to wear rainbow jerseys for a full season in support of the LGBTQ community. Since then they've made the rainbow a permanent fixture in their logo and club identity.

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Plenty of clubs out there hosting events where queer people are given a platform and shown support in a multitude of ways that aren't merely empty words.

And even if it's not part of general discussions within a league, you've got voices who are willing to speak up.

[rinksrats]

I love the normalisation of unique teeth within hockey

[the-physicality]

https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/watch-montreals-full-pwhl-free-agent-signing-press-conference

i hope this is as new and wonderful to you as it was to me :)

[sregnarkroywen]

Shark time 🦈🏒

[rosesvioletspullman]

lewis pullman and the cast of The Starling Girl for The Wrap (xx)

[timcurry-imgoinghomedotmp4]

extremely funny to me that the nhl banned pride tape bc it was 'a distraction' and now they have crumpled like cardboard and also there are gays in the orgs themselves anyway absolute clown shoes organization

[oleksiak-pettersson]

it’s okay Elias we’ve all used a filter before - NHL on TikTok

[princelancey]

Val -> Lance -> Seb

[lover-of-mine]

I just watched an interview with Jack where the guy talking about Quinn being basically an older brother to him and Jack being Jack just went "he is my older brother"

[senditcolton]

john marino x "new perspective"

silence is making me nostalgic two sizes big, your shirt in my apartment oh, we were kids, but that don't make this less hard

requested by the lovely ☁️ anon

[mamaestapa]

welp my roommate and i had a bet going about this hockey game, we both lost so now we both have to update something…yayyy😍 ( i am not excited. i have zero motivation to write.)

[typical-simplelove]

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[icedhockey]

[starscelly]

hm .

[b1ttle]

I know I’m not active on here as much anymore but just noticed this!! I am unworthy tbh thank you 😭💖

[2mylovebird]

also. i kind wanna change my url 🫣 no idea to what tho 😭😭