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- FORMER SEMI-PRO HOCKEY PLAYER BROCK MCGILLIS OUT AS GAY
- HOCKEY PLAYER BROCK MCGILLIS COM OUT AS GAY"IF YOU ARE GAY, LBIAN OR TRANS AND PLAYG HOCKEY, KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2016/3:34 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2016 / 3:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOCKEY PLAYER BROCK MCGILLIS COM OUT AS GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-10T20:34:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-10T20:34:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROCK MCGILLIS, A FORMER OHL AND SEMI-PROFSNAL HOCKEY PLAYER, HAS E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY AN TERVIEW WH YAHOO SPORTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN , MCGILLIS DISCS REASONS WHY HE CID TO REMA CLOSETED FOR THE DURATN OF HIS REER NORTH AMERI AND EUROPE, AND OPENS UP ABOUT THE CRIPPLG HOMOPHOBIC CULTURE HE EXPERIENCED LOCKER ROOMS AND HOW FORCED HIM TO HI HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HOCKEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY HOMOPHOBIC," SAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I N’T UNT THE AMOUNT OF TIM I HEARD PHRAS LIKE: THAT’S GAY OR WHAT A HOMO THE DRSG ROOM OVER THE URSE OF MY HOCKEY REER. WORDS LIKE FAG, PSY, AND BCH ARE PART OF THE DAILY BANTER. THOSE WORDS ARE ED TO BELTLE PLAYERS, TO WEAKEN AND FEMIZE THEM, BEE HOCKEY IS HYPER-MASCULE, MEANT FOR THE MANLIT OF MEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGILLIS SAID HE GRADUALLY ME OUT TO HIS IENDS AND FAY "WHOUT JUDGEMENT," BUT STAYED CLOSETED PROFSNALLY BEE HE FEARED LOSG HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGILLIS SAID HE WASN'T EMPOWERED TO E OUT PUBLICLY UNTIL HE SPOKE WH BRENDAN BURKE, THE LATE SON OF HOCKEY LEGEND BRIAN BURKE, WHO STARTED THE YOU CAN PLAY ANIZATN TO HELP END HOMOPHOBIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAID MCGILLIS: "TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH WE EXCHANGED MSAG ON FACEBOOK AND HE WROTE: 'I N’T WA UNTIL THE DAY THAT YOU’RE OUT LIKE I AM.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGILLIS SAID HE'S CID TO E OUT PUBLICLY NOW "TO START A DIALOGUE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF YOU ARE GAY, LBIAN OR TRANS AND PLAYG HOCKEY, KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"KNOW THAT I AM HERE FOR YOU, THE WAY BRENDAN BURKE WAS THERE FOR ME, BEE GIV ME AN IMMENSE SENSE OF PRI RRYG ON HIS LEGACY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- MY LIFE AS A GAY HOCKEY PLAYER: BROCK MCGILLIS TELLS ALL AND THE INTER RPONDS
- GAY MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE G OUT DROV, AND CHANGG THE SPORT’S CULTURE
- THIS GAY HOCKEY PLAYER WAS SICK OF HEARG SLURS OM HIS TEAM. SO HE ME OUT TO THEM WH THIS SPEECH
- GAY HOCKEY PLAYER: NHL HYPOCRIL TO NMN BRENDAN LEIPSIC WHOUT CHANGG CULTURE
- ‘IT’S NOT ENOUGH’: OPENLY GAY EX-HOCKEY PLAYER LLS ON THE SPORT TO EVOLVE
FORMER SEMI-PRO HOCKEY PLAYER BROCK MCGILLIS OUT AS GAY
"If you are gay, lbian or trans and playg hockey, know that you are not alone." * brock gay hockey *
STRIDING TOWARDS EQUALITYBrock McGillis is a former OHL and profsnal hockey player, and is the first openly gay men’s profsnal hockey player and a leadg activist the LGBTQ+ ntuo work to shift the nversatn around sports and the LGBTQ+ muny earned him regnn as one of The Hockey News 100 most fluential people hockey for 2022. In 2019 that changed after he beme the subject of gay mors.
I'm gay.
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HOCKEY PLAYER BROCK MCGILLIS COM OUT AS GAY"IF YOU ARE GAY, LBIAN OR TRANS AND PLAYG HOCKEY, KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2016/3:34 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2016 / 3:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOCKEY PLAYER BROCK MCGILLIS COM OUT AS GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-10T20:34:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-10T20:34:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROCK MCGILLIS, A FORMER OHL AND SEMI-PROFSNAL HOCKEY PLAYER, HAS E OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY AN TERVIEW WH YAHOO SPORTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN , MCGILLIS DISCS REASONS WHY HE CID TO REMA CLOSETED FOR THE DURATN OF HIS REER NORTH AMERI AND EUROPE, AND OPENS UP ABOUT THE CRIPPLG HOMOPHOBIC CULTURE HE EXPERIENCED LOCKER ROOMS AND HOW FORCED HIM TO HI HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HOCKEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY HOMOPHOBIC," SAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I N’T UNT THE AMOUNT OF TIM I HEARD PHRAS LIKE: THAT’S GAY OR WHAT A HOMO THE DRSG ROOM OVER THE URSE OF MY HOCKEY REER. WORDS LIKE FAG, PSY, AND BCH ARE PART OF THE DAILY BANTER. THOSE WORDS ARE ED TO BELTLE PLAYERS, TO WEAKEN AND FEMIZE THEM, BEE HOCKEY IS HYPER-MASCULE, MEANT FOR THE MANLIT OF MEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGILLIS SAID HE GRADUALLY ME OUT TO HIS IENDS AND FAY "WHOUT JUDGEMENT," BUT STAYED CLOSETED PROFSNALLY BEE HE FEARED LOSG HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGILLIS SAID HE WASN'T EMPOWERED TO E OUT PUBLICLY UNTIL HE SPOKE WH BRENDAN BURKE, THE LATE SON OF HOCKEY LEGEND BRIAN BURKE, WHO STARTED THE YOU CAN PLAY ANIZATN TO HELP END HOMOPHOBIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAID MCGILLIS: "TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS ATH WE EXCHANGED MSAG ON FACEBOOK AND HE WROTE: 'I N’T WA UNTIL THE DAY THAT YOU’RE OUT LIKE I AM.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCGILLIS SAID HE'S CID TO E OUT PUBLICLY NOW "TO START A DIALOGUE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF YOU ARE GAY, LBIAN OR TRANS AND PLAYG HOCKEY, KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"KNOW THAT I AM HERE FOR YOU, THE WAY BRENDAN BURKE WAS THERE FOR ME, BEE GIV ME AN IMMENSE SENSE OF PRI RRYG ON HIS LEGACY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Many gay male hockey players and officials me out on Outsports this year. Together, they’re makg the sport’s culture more clive. * brock gay hockey *
"RELATED | This Soccer Player Was Spend After Reactg to Homophobia. Former universy and semi-pro ice hockey player Brock McGillis has e out publicly as gay a personal say on Yahoo Sports Canada. The picture McGillis pats of his hockey world growg up reflects experienc we’ve heard om so many others youth, high school and llege sports where homophobic language and gay slurs are tossed around regularly and eat at gay athlet.
MY LIFE AS A GAY HOCKEY PLAYER: BROCK MCGILLIS TELLS ALL AND THE INTER RPONDS
* brock gay hockey *
For years I lived a life of nial, bee I am gay.
GAY MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE G OUT DROV, AND CHANGG THE SPORT’S CULTURE
Brock McGills, the first profsnal men’s hockey player to publicly e out as gay, and Kurtis Gabriel, a recently retired NHL player and ally to those who are om margalized muni, discs what changg hockey culture looks like om a player’s perspective. * brock gay hockey *
Hockey has always been very homophobic.
THIS GAY HOCKEY PLAYER WAS SICK OF HEARG SLURS OM HIS TEAM. SO HE ME OUT TO THEM WH THIS SPEECH
Brock McGillis, now a LGBTQ+ activist and public speaker, is the first openly gay male pro hockey player. * brock gay hockey *
I n’t unt the amount of tim I heard phras like: That’s gay or what a homo the drsg room over the urse of my hockey reer.
We talked about him sharg his story, but he was ncerned about beg blackballed hockey for beg gay and publicly out. McGillis is the first profsnal hockey player to openly e out as gay. Brock McGillis, a former OHL and semi-profsnal hockey player, has e out publicly as gay an terview wh Yahoo Sports , McGillis discs reasons why he cid to rema closeted for the duratn of his reer North Ameri and Europe, and opens up about the cripplg homophobic culture he experienced locker rooms and how forced him to hi his sexualy.
"Hockey has always been very homophobic, " said McGillis.
GAY HOCKEY PLAYER: NHL HYPOCRIL TO NMN BRENDAN LEIPSIC WHOUT CHANGG CULTURE
Hockey Canada report says that of the 512 penalti lled by officials last season, 61 per cent volved sexual orientatn or genr inty. Brock McGillis, one of the first pro hockey players to e out as gay, says that reprents a small actn of the homophobia at play the sport. * brock gay hockey *
"I n’t unt the amount of tim I heard phras like: That’s gay or what a homo the drsg room over the urse of my hockey reer.
McGillis said he wasn't empowered to e out publicly until he spoke wh Brendan Burke, the late son of hockey legend Brian Burke, who started the You Can Play anizatn to help end homophobia McGillis: "Two days before his ath we exchanged msag on Facebook and he wrote: 'I n’t wa until the day that you’re out like I am.
""If you are gay, lbian or trans and playg hockey, know that you are not alone. You see, McGillis wrote about the secret life he led — or more accurately felt he was forced to lead — as a gay hockey player.
‘IT’S NOT ENOUGH’: OPENLY GAY EX-HOCKEY PLAYER LLS ON THE SPORT TO EVOLVE
”McGillis received some negative ments as well, but said they were the his piece he wrote “hockey has always been very homophobic. McGillis said he has wanted to e out publicly about the stggl he faced as a gay hockey player for several news broke about the June 12 massacre at a gay nightclub Orlando – which 49 people were killed and 53 more were wound – McGillis cid was time to share his own story.
A slew of players me out, and wh each announcement, showed gay people belong on the ice. Gay former hockey player Brock McGillis spoke to Outsports multiple tim this year about the prevalence of homophobia locker rooms. Durg the quiet of the sprgtime sports shutdowns, two well-known NHL players, Stanley Cup champn Dt Penner and wger Brendan Leipsic, were ught postg horribly homophobic and misogynistic msag on social media.
When I go speak, I humanize beg a gay man and playg hockey at high levels. Thomas Aquas College Upstate New York, Fkle often heard other players e anti-gay slurs. Fkle told the goalie he was gay, and that language was unacceptable to e on the ice — or anywhere, ankly.