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 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.
the mall is a great place to very occasionally see a trans girl in public and then desperately send her psychic signals that you’re in love with her from across the walkway
magneto is actually so so chill for a guy who can throw buses at people. if i could throw buses at people i would never not be throwing buses at people
I was sent a link to this and an hour later I’m still speechless. What did I just watch?? What??? Did I watch???? OP if you’re on tumblr somewhere I salute you, this is the wildest fanvid I’ve ever seen.
This
This is why I come back to Tumblr every time, this gold.
☆ Botanist Sam Wilson and flight surgeon Bucky Barnes spent eleven months working at Johnson Space Centre before being selected for the Ares III Mission.
The mission has gone very wrong. Their ship is broken, and now they drift between Jupiter and Saturn, finding ways to pass the time as they become more certain that no one is coming to save them. So, they’re left with each other, their undeniable sparks, and the universe’s most remote date night ☆
Neil Gaiman created a show called “Good Omelets” as a sequel to Good Omens and it was literally just the characters showing the viewer how to bake horribly. At least every other episode, the kitchen burned down.
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