A Seattle Kraken trainer made the announcement that he's gay in a letter he wrote to his younger self.
When the Seattle Kraken took the ice Saturday, trainer Justin Rogers will be on the bench. He just came out as gay and he’s believed to be the first member of an NHL bench to do so.
For Assistant Athletic Trainer Justin Rogers, the path to understanding his identity as a gay man working in sports took time.“That knot in your stomach – the one that makes you feel confused, isolated, lost in the world –invisible to everyone but you? It will slowly loosen. You don’t even understand the knot, but with time you will learn things about yourself and fulfill dreams so many others like you feel they cannot,” Rogers wrote.
And then his journey to coming out, first to his family, then friends, and then 8 years later - the world. “Justin, you will live authentically and in doing so you will change and even save lives. I promise you any struggles or moments of doubt you ever have will be worth it because of each story that you hear and impact you have. Keep being you, keep building your community, and keep showing the love to others the way you have received it from so many before you,” he wrote.
Rogers’ decision to publicly come out comes as the NHL is facing backlash for recent choices regarding the LGBTQ+ community.Pair of teens who killed Orting man, staged disappearance sentenced to over 12 years
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