You Can Play Project

22% of trans youth avoid sports due to bullying fears. Everyone deserves to play safe. ????? #Bullying #YouthSport #YCPTeam

Homophobia impacts individuals on and off the field. Read ourlatest blog on the links between homophobia and mental health. #YouCanPlay #MentalHealth #EndHomophobia #NewBlog

One of the world’s greatest hockey players, Marie-Philip Poulin, joins us in a break from practice a few weeks before the 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy awards, to share her inspiring story on how she came to lead the top team in the PWHL! To experience her humility and team spirit is to understand the value of sport and play in the development of our youth. In part two of this Queer Joy episode, we meet Mandy Cronin (she/her) and David Palumbo from You Can Play Project – Marie-Philip Poulin’s nominated and chosen Changemaker from Canada’s 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy event, the Pink Awards. You Can Play is an organization that embodies the wholesome, humanitarian spirit so central to the ethos of the true athlete. David and Mandy speak with Daniel about their passion here bit.ly/3WQxKmJ Queer Joy is a seven-part podcast celebrating the 2024 Pink Triangle Press Pink Awards. The PTP Pink Awards are a national pay-it-forward celebration of queer excellence where community champions choose changemaking charities from the queer community to uplift and amplify. Pink Triangle Press formed in 1971 as a collective to publish The Body Politic – a monthly newspaper that is regarded today as a game-changer in the queer media landscape. And in 1984 as an offshoot of The Body Politic PTP formed Xtra Magazine, more focused on social life and culture, lighter fare, available free in bars. And when The Body Politic closed its operation in 1987 Xtra took over as PTP’s main publication mixing arts and culture coverage with harder news stories. There were print editions published out of Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. In 2015 Xtra moved entirely online where it continues the legacy of the original publication with award-winning journalism that strives to be – as its banner proudly states – queering the conversation. Check them out at xtramagazine.com #queerjoypod #ptppinkawards #pinktrianglepress #LGBTQadvocacy #LGBTQawards #MariePhilipPoulin #queerjoy #2SLGBTQIA #LGBTQIA #queerexcellence #youcanplay

Thank you, Scott, for sharing your story with us. #ThrowbackThursday #YouCanPlay #HockeyIsForEveryone

Set up an ally network to create a safe support system. #TeamAllies #Network #YouCanPlay #ProTip

"Teams that play together, stay together." #MondayMotivation #Quote #YCPTeam

Supportive coaches retain more athletes. Retention is the #1 way to measure a coach, more than wins or trophies. ?? #RoleModels #Coaching #YCPTeam #YouthSport

The NHL hosted Boston Pride Hockey at the second-ever NHL Pride Cup at #4Nations Face-Off in partnership with Pride Tape. In addition to the events, a donation of $25,000 was made to Boston Pride Hockey's scholarship program to help alleviate barriers to entering the hockey program.

#ThrowbackThursday #YouCanPlayTeam #YouCanPlay #InclusiveSport #LGBTQAthletes #LGBTQCommunity #Equality

Such important work done by the NHL, Boston Pride Hockey , You Can Play Project and the Massachusetts LGBTQ community to highlight how hockey can truly be for everyone. Tremendous thanks to the inimitable Nora Cothren for ensuring that my late brother Brendan’s memory was honored by inviting our mother to be there for the ceremonial puck drop. Numerous players stopped to thank her for supporting Brendan during his coming out process, and took the time to note that even 15 years later Brendan’s contributions to the hockey world and the LGBTQ community are not forgotten.