GHDC is an inclusive gay-straight hockey team. Our goal is to promote sportsmanship, elevate both individual and team hockey skill levels, join team stick-n-shoot and scrimmage events, engage in outreach and strategic partnerships with other hockey teams and allies to overcome homophobia in the sport, and share our love for hockey within our community.
Due to the 2018 Caps’ Stanley Cup victory, interest in hockey and ice skating classes for youth and adults increased around the DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) area. GHDC offers an opportunity to share the love of hockey with former hockey players as well as other out athletes.
With a couple of hockey players, we stitched together past and present hockey players to develop a tangible strategy moving forward over Sunday brunch. In late 2018, Gay Hockey Washington DC (GHDC) was founded.
