Luke Prokop is making history as the first active player under contract to an NHL team to come out as gay: 'I am no longer scared to hide who I am. Today I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay.”
, Prokop admitted that he was struggling with his identity last season, while playing and serving as an alternate captain for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League. He wanted to come out publicly, he says, to help"ease his mind and allow him to play his best hockey."
"I was lying in bed one night, had just deleted a dating app for the fourth or fifth time, and I was extremely frustrated because I couldn't be my true authentic self," Prokop explained."In that moment I said, 'Enough is enough. I'm accepting who I am. I want to live the way I want to, and I want to accept myself as a gay man.'"
Prokop told ESPN that the Predators have been extremely supportive of him ever since he first came out to management in June. He reveals that assistant general manager Brian Poile was the first person from the team he talked to about his decision to publicly come out as gay. "He in that moment showed me a lot of support and told me the Predators are behind me 1,000% and want what's best for me and that they're proud of me during this," Prokop recalled of his conversation with Poile."I remember getting off that phone call and tears just started coming from my eyes, I was so excited. And in that moment I thought, 'This is what it's going to feel like for the rest of my life.
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