MEDIA
CBC The National | Brock McGillis on barriers in pro sports.
“You will feel happier, you will feel better, and you will be stronger when you learn to love yourself for who you are ”
CTV Your Morning | We talk to Brock McGillis about his work to tackle homophobia in professional sports and whether he thinks things are changing for the better.
“We as beings are all equal. To accept someone means that you’re above them, you must understand that we are all equal. So you’re the only one who can accept yourself. …aND THEN YOU HAVE TO LOVE yourself”
ET Canada | Brock McGillis, the first openly gay professional hockey player visits ET Canada Pride to discuss the recent investigation surrounding Toronto Maple Leafs player Morgan Reilly and the homophobic slur heard during an NHL game. Brock also shares his own personal coming out story and as well as his hopes to change the experience within sports for LGBTQ youth.
“FOR ME i see the biggest shift that still needs to happen today especial in canada is language. I think especially with younger generations they’re far more inclusive in thought but their language hasn’t evolved as quickly as their thoughts have. ”
IN Magazine | PAGE 26-29, Breaking Barriers in sport, one goal at a time
“When I talk to kids, I say, ‘Normal doesn’t exist. It’s a fallacy. We’re all a bunch of weirdos and it’s beautiful’”
World Pride NYC | Brock speaking at World Pride in New York!
“Now I can stand in front of all of you as an openly gay man. SO proud to be gay, SO proud to be here, so proud to be apart of your community, and so proud to be changing things in the sporting world. ”
