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Hockey romance novels spark jokes about the sport's fan base
Original: The thing I would not have expected about ice hockey is that, while 10% of the general population is said to be gay or l
A wry observation about ice hockey is making the rounds: while roughly 10% of the general population is gay or lesbian, the figure cited for ice hockey teams is closer to 60% — but only depending on how many books there are in the series. The quip refers to the flood of hockey romance novels, a booming genre in which most fictional players are written as gay, not to real locker rooms. Readers are sharing the joke in book-loving circles.
Why now: Hockey romance has become a hugely popular book genre, and the joke about its overwhelmingly queer fictional teams is resonating with readers.
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