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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Jesus, it's a night to show a community of people who have historically been outcasts in hockey that they're welcome to join in and we're trying to get better at welcoming them. And really, it's not even a themed night. There's like one interview done between periods with a community member highlighting their hockey initiatives and the players wear a rainbow for 16 minutes during warmups. That's pretty much all it is.
If it bothers you that bad, just don't go. I also get it if you don't want to expose young kids to it. Sexuality is a topic I believe should be taught by the parents at an appropriate age. Don't bring them to the game if you don't think they're ready for that stuff yet. There's 40 other hockey games to take your kid to.
Is it really that hard to let a community have one game a year out of 41 home games? Come on. If it's not for you, boo hoo. You can have the other 40.
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Just building off your post: generally we as a culture don't hide all aspects of sexuality from kids. Folks ask young kids all the time if they have a little boyfriend or girlfriend at school or whatever. Yet as a culture when it comes to queer sexuality and how little Timmy has two moms or two dads, or one of his mom's nonbinary it thus becomes adult and should be sheltered from children. There are def age appropriate way for folks to talk to kids about this with.