Hockey

A player had defied the ban last Saturday. His defiance may have helped defeat the ban.

Players might now refuse to be on the ice if there is a drag queen, a gay men’s chorus, or even out gay players present.

Hundreds of NHL players wear pro-LGBTQ+ jerseys. A handful who refused helped create this ban.

They tweeted about an indigenous Mexican culture’s recognition of a third gender and Tucker couldn’t handle it.

“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.