Saturday, February 23 was a historic night as the American Hockey League’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers (an affiliate of the NY Islanders) became the first pro team to host a You Can Play night. You Can Play is dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation. The mission is to [...]
22Jan13
Stereotyping Stereotypes
When I’m in Alabama I tend to put myself partially back in the closet. I think about the t-shirts I pack–no New York City Gay Hockey Association shirts for public wearing, for example. I make sure to edit discussions of “what’s new” around people who don’t know I have a husband. It’s not a full [...]
30Dec12
2012: A Year in Review
It was a busy, but overall great year — and, hey, the world didn’t end so that made it all the better. Here’s my look back at 2012. Let’s start off with highlights: Travel & Writing Merge: Will and I got away from the city for a weekend in the desert to enjoy the GayRomLit [...]
It was a hard working hockey night yesterday with back-to-back games played in rinks where the air was heavy, warm and wet like a sauna. The night started with a Westies game that ended in a 6-3 loss against the Scapegoats. They are always a strong team and they certainly displayed that last night. I [...]
It was great to be back with the Boxers last night. With the American Ballet Theatre spring season in full swing at the Met, I haven’t played with the team since May 19, missing three games in favor of watching some incredible dancing. Yesterday the game was at four, allowing me to be with the [...]
Chelsea Challenge 2012 played out this weekend and the Pittsburgh Tigers won the Silver Medal in the Developmental Division. It was a come-from-behind weekend as the Tigers started out slow in round-robin play but stormed back Sunday morning to get into the medal round. It was a great weekend that mixed classic New York-based Tigers [...]
Yesterday, I hosted my third annual hockey scrimmage to support the LGBT Center’s HIV/AIDS Services, which is the beneficiary for Cycle for the Cause. My hockey friends continue to show tremendous support for this and I am so appreciative of that support. Between the people that came out and played and those who donated but [...]
