Daniel Villarreal

Pro hockey player suspended for anti-gay language

Daniel Villarreal, LGBTQ Nation April 21, 2022

Ben Holmstrom, a minor league professional hockey player with New York’s Rochester Americans team, has received an eight-game suspension from the American Hockey League (AHL) for using homophobic language. Some online commenters have said the punishment isn’t enough. The 34-year-old player was heard using anti-gay language against Comets forward Chase De Leo at the end of the first period in their March 30 game. The exact language Holmstrom used is unclear, but his team’s general manager, Jason Karmonos, acknowledged the incident in a statement. “We were made aware of an inappropriate comment made by one of our players in a […]

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North Dakota Council Member Comes Out during Heated Pride Flag Debate

Daniel Villarreal September 19, 2020

A lesbian elected official in North Dakota delivered an impassioned speech in defense of her municipality’s decision to fly a rainbow flag outside City Hall. Her heated remarks followed several bigoted comments from townspeople angered over the LGBTQ pride symbol’s public display. “I am proudly the first openly elected lesbian in North Dakota, so that is why I’m not paying any heed to your crap,” Evans said Sept. 8 at a City Council meeting in Minot, which went viral after it was posted online. “I live in Minot. I am a taxpayer. I am a person. I get to see myself […]