Football player reaches out to LGBTQ2S+ community after homophobic comments

An Edmonton Eskimos player who was removed from the team following homophobic comments, has now reached out to the city’s LGBTQ2S+ community. Sarolta Saskiw has more on Christion Jones meeting with the group.

Jul 03, 2020, 8:36 PM

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