Hockey

“I would go on these walks and think about going up to Pacific Coast Highway and driving my chair in front of a car and just stopping it all because of how lonely I felt and how sad I was,” the young athlete admitted.

A record 34 athletes will represent their countries and “Team LGBTQ” as well in China starting this week. That includes a unprecedented 11 out men and the first non-binary athlete at the Winter Olympics.

“Enough is enough. I’m accepting who I am. I want to live the way I want to, and I want to accept myself as a gay man.”

Their hockey teams faced each other twice at the Olympics. Now they’re married.

They faced off numerous times in the Olympics, and last year were teammates.

The grooms pledged their love just before a game and kissed as a goal horn blared.

Harrison Browne’s hockey career could come to an end as soon as tonight, but he’s focused on winning the championship first.

When a gay couple was shown kissing in the stadium, he said “That’s disgusting. Security, get rid of them.”

In a city torn apart by HB2 and the Keith Lamont Scott shooting, a local sports team decided a Christmas message of acceptance and unity was needed.

Anders Nilsson said he has friends who are gay who didn’t have it easy growing up, and that he thinks it’s time hockey started paying attention to that.

National Women’s Hockey League member Harrison Browne recently came out as a transgender man. He’s postponing transition for now to stay with the team.

Brad Parr and Andy Evans went in for the kiss at an LA Kings game, prompting whoops and cheers.

DALLAS – Recently acquired Dallas Stars hockey forward Tyler Seguin says an anti-gay comment that showed up on his Twitter account came from “hackers.”

The National Hockey League and its players association on Thursday announced a groundbreaking partnership with the “You Can Play” project in what is likely the most comprehensive effort by a major North American sports league to support gay athletes.

The Ohio State University men’s hockey team has released a video in support the “You Can Play” equality project, which endeavors to foster equality, respect and safety for all athletes, regardless of sexual orientation.

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals professional hockey team has announced it will become the latest NHL team franchise to support the “You Can Play” equality project, which endeavors to foster equality, respect and safety for all athletes, regardless of sexual orientation.

The National Hockey League has joined the growing effort by professional sports and players campaigning to end homophobia with a series of new public service announcements to encourage gay athletes to participate in sports.

The National Hockey League said it won’t discipline Philadelphia Flyers’ Wayne Simmonds for hurling a homophobic slur because Simmonds said he can’t remember what he said, and because none of the referees on the ice could verify what was said.

New York Rangers forward Sean Avery, who recorded a video in support of marriage equality, was criticized Monday by a Canadian sports management executive, who took to Twitter with a series of posts knocking gay marriage.

New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has recorded a video in support of marriage equality, becoming one of only a few active athletes in American team sports to voice support for LGBT rights.