Yes it’s a PR stunt, everybody has to be seen to be inclusive, no business would dare refuse to participate. No difference whether it be homophobia, fascism, racism, xenophobia whatever, we still have reports of abuse of players & officials across all sports. It’s also written into law, so it’s blatantly obvious that a club would support inclusion, yet the proof is in the pudding, ironically it doesn't change people’s attitudes, it tends to bring resentment. No individual outside of their like minded peer group will admit to breaking the law, same as no business would openly discriminate, that’s doesn’t mean the attitude has gone, they just find alternative ways to discriminate.
l fully support a persons right to not have their sexual orientation made public or discussed, with anyone. My gripe is with perception and fear, are players hiding their “personalities” for fear of club and fan intolerance and by the lack of openly gay men in a world that has openly gay Police, Armed Forces, Doctors, Nurses, Firemen and many many other professions then i‘d suggest Ice Hockey has a bit of catching up......
You only have to look at the way North American Hockey treated the Skalde‘s.........