Tag: NHL
National Hockey League Refuses to Take Action After Player Shouts Anti-Gay Slur
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today called on the National Hockey League (NHL) to take action after Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers was shown on video clearly shouting an anti-gay slur during a pre-season game on Monday night.
HRC to NHL: Don’t Let Wayne Simmonds’ Anti-Gay Comment Go Unchecked
The Human Rights Campaign, the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, is calling on the National Hockey League (NHL) to immediately conduct a more thorough investigation and take appropriate action following claims that Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds called New York Rangers winger and equality supporter Sean Avery a “f-cking f-ggot” during a preseason game Monday night.
Say It Ain’t So: Hockey Players’ Agent Compares Marriage Equality to Bestiality
Late yesterday the president of a sports agency representing some of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) top players compared gay marriage to bestiality. Don Reynolds, president of the Canadian-based Uptown Sports Management made his comments a day after New York Ranger forward Sean Avery announced that his support for marriage equality in New York state via a video for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).