In today's class we watched a video about Brendan Burke who challenged the hockey world about homosexuality. Brendan's life goal was to open the hockey world to accepting openly gay players. There have been NO NHL players who have come out of the closet during their careers as professional athletes. This video really got me thinking when they mentioned how there have been many figure skaters who have come out to the public as gay. Throughtout grade school I figure skated for 12 years. The males in my class mostly all played on the local hockey teams and even some of my girl friends and they all had a common view. This view was that figure skating is a girl sport and only girls practice it. I was always quick to correct them and say, "No lots of boys are professional figure skaters" and their reply was always, "Well ya because they are all gay". In reality many figure skaters are not gay like for example David Pelletier. Never once did I think or did they think that maybe there are gay hockey players too. In fact there were probably kids on their teams who are secretly gay. The video we watched today; The Legacy of Brendan Burke, points out that they are gay individuals in every spot played even hockey. This is a huge eye opener. I hope that one day hockey players, soccer players, basketball player, etc can come out to the world about their sexuality without judgement. Every person deserves to express themselves how they choose.
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