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🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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0:00.0 | I'm Israel Gutierrez, one of the hosts of E-SPN daily. |
0:09.5 | For those who don't know, I've worked professionally in sports since 2000, |
0:13.0 | have been with the ESPN since 2012, |
0:15.5 | and have been out and proud as a gay man since 2015 |
0:19.2 | when I first shared that information with the public. |
0:23.7 | Since that time, I've learned what it really means to live freely and frankly regret not coming |
0:28.9 | out much sooner. |
0:31.3 | Naturally I've been passionate about LGBT-related topics in sports, and there have been plenty. |
0:39.3 | But nothing hit home with the same weight that the National Hockey League's ban on pride tape and their subsequent |
0:45.3 | change of heart did. |
0:46.7 | There were already signs across the country that we're regressing when it comes to LGBTQ rights and support. |
0:56.0 | But when a sports league chose to unilaterally ban a simple sign of support for an oppressed group, |
1:01.8 | it felt for the first time like the regression was very real in sports, and it was happening fast. |
1:09.0 | Of course, the band was reversed after the words and actions of a few defiant players. |
1:15.1 | But the initial decision was so damaging and telling that even the reversal doesn't come |
1:20.2 | close to settling the issue of LGBT-Q inclusion in the NHL or all sports for that matter. |
1:29.2 | So I wanted to bring in my colleague and friend Emily Kaplan to have a candid discussion about what happened in |
1:34.4 | hockey, what we can learn from it, and most importantly who really are the |
1:39.8 | affected people when it comes to this subject. |
1:45.0 | I'm Israel Gutierrez. |
1:46.0 | It's Friday, November 3rd. |
1:48.0 | This is E-SPN Daily. Bailey. topics around the game that can sort of lead us into the larger discussion about |
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