“In the youth gay community[suicide is] five times what normal society is. That’s because they don’t feel included. For us in 2022,to not be inclusive and not say it’s OK to be who you are,is unacceptable.
“If someone said they weren’t going to wear the Indigenous jersey,there would be an outcry. Forty years ago,that wouldn’t have been the case. Eighty years ago,we wouldn’t have had Women In League Round. We’ve moved on those fronts,and we haven’t moved on this. We need to move towards it at some point.”