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Sept/Oct 2018 Cover Story: Brock McGillis: Breaking Barriers In Sport, One Goal At A Time
Marianne Wisenthal
This former hockey pro is making sport a better place for LGBTQ athletes…
"For years I lived a life of denial because I am gay."
Brock McGillis made waves in November 2016 when he wrote those words, becoming the first professional hockey player to publicly reveal he's gay. After many years playing with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and for minor leagues inEurope and the United States, he wrote a first-person piece for Yahoo Sports Canada. Within 24 hours he'd received more than 10,000 messages of support.
It was a life-changing moment for the Sudbury native. "It blew me away," he says. "I just kept crying." Since then, McGillis has become an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ community. He regularly travels across Canada speaking about inclusivity to school groups and organizations. Today he's very much out and proud, but the road to get there was far from smooth.
"Growing up in Northern Ontario I was the typical hockey boy," says McGillis. He loved the game, and spent hours on the ice practising. Drafted to the OHL in his teens, he was a celebrity in his community. "I was a cocky jock who got a lot of attention." Outwardly, it was the best time of his life. Inside, he was a mess.
McGillis says he knew he was gay as a young child. He vividly remembers asking his parents about it when he was six years old. They responded that if he was gay, that was fine and they loved him. But, immersed in the macho world of hockey, it was another story. "Men tend to feminize one another or use homo negative language to put each other down," says McGillis. "If you're a 'fag' or a 'woman,' you're [considered] less than a man and not tough enough for our sport." So he kept his feelings to himself, and by age 16 was drinking heavily to numb the pain.
At age 19, McGillis was ranked on the NHL draft list, but his prospects were derailed by a series of injuries, from cuts and concussions to mono and knee surgeries. In the years that followed, he continued to play but was anxious and depressed, and he attempted suicide several times. "I hid [who I really was] from everyone. And I hated myself." At 23, while playing hockey in Europe, he "was taking a lot of risks and doing some foolish things," he says. "I knew that if I didn't do something, I would die." It was a turning point. When the season ended, he returned to Canada and decided to go on a date with a man. "It was the scariest experience of my life. I was shaking." Soon after, he fell in love and remained in a serious relationship for three years. And yet, still, he didn't come out to his family or his teammates.
McGillis refers a lot to "the culture of hockey," a landscape he describes as hyper-masculine and extremely homophobic. But it was the only world he knew and one he wasn't sure he wanted to leave. In the hockey community, he says, "people expect you to act a certain way, and I conformed to that." He was scared that if anyone knew he was gay, he would be shunned from the game. He was terrified that if his parents knew, they might accidentally let it slip.
"The majority of hockey players come from North America and Western Europe," he says. "These are some of the most inclusive countries in the world and yet it seems like it's the least inclusive sport. It boggles my mind." Part of the reason McGillis thinks attitudes have been slow to change is because "players become coaches and those same coaches go on to become managers," he says. "Men in their 50s and 60s [have been] using the same language for years and their archaic views have remained intact."
Plagued by injuries and emotionally exhausted, McGillis decided to take a break from the game. "The minute I stopped playing, I felt free, like my life was about to start." He spent time with his boyfriend and hung out in the village, but didn't really feel part of the community. Publicly he continued to pose as "this hetero hockey player, because it was how I self-identified," he says. "When you're an athlete at a high level, that's all people talk to you about, and it's all you know yourself as."
When he was 25, McGillis was invited to play for the Concordia University team. Back in the hockey world, he told his long-term boyfriend that he'd need to "keep up appearances" by dating women. Now, he is filled with regret about this period in his life. "It breaks my heart that I did that to somebody I cared so much about," he says. ""Not only will I keep you a secret, but I'm not going to be faithful.'" The relationship did not survive, and it was a lonely time for McGillis. "I was grieving the loss of the first person I truly loved and [because no one knew about it] I had nobody to talk to."
The catalyst for real change in McGillis's life finally came in 2009 while he was watching a Maple Leafs game on TV. A young man was speaking between periods about being gay. It was Brendan Burke, an aspiring general manager and son of Calgary Flames President Brian Burke. McGillis reached out to Brendan, and a strong friendship formed. "It was a relief, like 100 pounds off my shoulders," he says. "I finally had someone in my life who knew I was gay but who also understood what it was like to be in the hockey world." In February 2010, Brendan sent McGillis a text message that said, "I can't wait for the day when you're out to your family like I am to mine." Two days later, Brendan tragically died in a car accident. His final words resonated with McGillis. Soon after, he came out to his brother – a fellow OHL player – followed by the rest of his family and close friends.
After yet another knee injury McGillis retired from playing hockey, and he started working as a coach and mentor to young players in and around Sudbury. Professionally, he kept his sexuality to himself. "In smaller communities there's not a lot of exposure to the LGBTQ community," he says. "What would the parents think? Would they want their sons and daughters around the gay guy?" There started to be rumours, and one of the hockey associations he'd been working with abruptly let him go. "All my worst fears had come true," says McGillis. "I was being shunned from the community that I love." But he kept working with young athletes, and one day he got a call from a hockey mom asking if she could set him up on a date. "I said to myself, 'Oh no, what do I say?' Finally I say, 'What's her name?' and she answers, 'His name is Steve.'" McGillis asked the parent how she knew he was gay. "All the boys know," she said. "They've known for years." The hyper-masculine hockey world was evolving, just a little. "These cocky little hockey boys who think they're gifts to the world all know I'm gay and choose to work with me. In northern Ontario. How cool is that?"
McGillis started to notice that if any of his players used homophobic language, they'd immediately apologize. "I wondered if maybe it's because they know me. Maybe they still go to school and call kids fags." Then he heard that one player was making his friends at school do 50 push-ups any time one of them said, "That's so gay." Says McGillis: "It made me realize that if a shift can happen in my tiny bubble, maybe it can happen on a larger scale. But I was still afraid [to come out]. I'd been treated so poorly by a division within the hockey world, [and] what if it got worse?"
Then the Pulse nightclub shooting happened, and McGillis's entire view on things changed. "I was angry and afraid. It could have been me and my friends in Toronto. It gave me the kick in the ass I needed. I said, 'I'm done. I don't care what it costs me, I'm using my platform and doing whatever I have to do.'" He reached out to a journalist he knew at Yahoo Sports, penned a letter and, finally, at 33 years old he was "officially" out of the closet.
McGillis refers to his post as "an f-you" to what had gone on in Orlando. "I just wanted to maybe help one person. I had no idea before that there were so many people struggling like I had been." Now, after so many years keeping quiet about his sexuality, the former hockey goalie can't stop talking. He reckons that in just 18 months he's spoken to over 100,000 people including high schools, businesses and OHL teams.
His goal? To shift the homo-negative and feminizing lingo that's still so prevalent in sport. "We've become desensitized to the language because it's so frequently used," he says. "Just recently I had a coach tell me that when you give up the puck in your zone through the middle of the ice, he calls it 'Queer Street.'" And, during the 2017 playoffs, an NHL player called a ref "cocksucker." When McGillis spoke out calling the comment personally offensive, he received death threats. "If this language is impacting me, what's it doing to the closeted kid who's being directly bullied?" he says. "It perpetuates a [homophobic] culture."
After so many years living in pain, McGillis says he's the happiest he's ever been. "This past year has been exhausting in the best way possible," he says. "I never thought I'd be the first [professional hockey player] to share my story. I thought there'd have been others before me, but it didn't turn out that way."
This fall he'll be featured in a book about hockey heroes who are changing the game for the better. There's a YouTube series, and he's one of three people being profiled in a National Film Board documentary about LGBTQ+ athletes. He's also starting a foundation and hoping to speak at every elementary and high school in Canada. "My goal is to be at the forefront of a shift in society where we recognize our differences and celebrate them, as opposed to trying to conform.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.'"
MARIANNE WISENTHAL is a Toronto-based writer and content strategist. When she's not wrangling words with aplomb, you can find her singing show tunes with her community choir.
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Where Do Great Community Managers Come From?
by Robert Kropp
Among other things, Community Managers should "give a damn" and have a sense of pride and ownership about their space.
Having worked in over 100 coworking spaces around the world, digital nomad Robert Kropp has met a great many Community Managers.
Each one brings something unique to the role, but what are the most common traits and experiences that unite Community Managers worldwide?
Robert interviewed a number of coworking space owners to find out what they look for in the perfect Community Manager.
Having worked in over 100 coworking spaces around the world, I have had the pleasure of meeting and working beside many different community managers.
After I first wrote about how community managers are the unsung heroes of coworking spaces, I reached out to a number of them to get an impression of what they believe are the most important background experiences and personalities or traits that a community manager needs.
Background Experience
Almost everyone I reached out to suggested that having background experience in the following would be helpful when beginning the role of a community manager:
No surprises here. But sometimes the most obvious things in life still need to be pointed out so that we can identify gaps in service that can be improved in order to create better experiences for our staff, members and communities.
Amanda Lewan with Bamboo Detroit said "there's a level of personal customer service we provide, and so our community manager should enjoy providing that customer support. They also are very people-focused and enjoy being in a social position. In a way, it's a hybrid position of operations and customer support."
This blending of operations, hospitality, and customer support has become the foundation of what community managers are in charge of each day. Ari Smith with Union Cowork in San Diego believes "the ability to adapt to different situations and wear multiple hats during the day is vital."
She also thinks it's useful to have "experience in some type of restaurant or hotel, where pleasant customer service is necessary all while being able to juggle multiple time sensitive things happening at once."
Nicole Vasquez with the Second Shift in Chicago agreed that "a background in hospitality is equally as valuable because it helps you to become very observant of people's needs. For example, noticing that multiple people are wearing their jackets inside, signals you to turn down the AC. Hospitality also teaches you to anticipate what someone may need, before they do."
I like this example as the importance of being proactive is mentioned over and over. "It is thoughtful, anticipatory actions like these that make members feel welcomed and know that their needs are being taken into consideration".
The proactiveness that comes through training or experience in hospitality or customer service was also echoed by Maggie Collofello with Awesome Inc. She says "any prior customer service role is great experience. Retail, service, restaurants, really anything that puts you in front of a customer is fantastic training for your role as a community manager. Building a community and solving the needs of members involves knowing how to handle situations in a customer facing role."
Not only is hospitality experience great for being proactive and anticipating someone's needs, but Samantha Hulls at The Melting Pot says "hospitality is additionally helpful if the coworking space also does venue hire and events." She further says that a "background in organization is also useful, as they need to wrangle many moving parts but keep the important things on track and the whole operation running smoothly."
Our previous experiences in life and work do shape who we are. However, finding the right fit for a community manager can also be as simple as finding someone who wants to be there, is willing to learn, has a great personality and has some of the core traits or habits of a great community manager.
Traits / Personality
Levi, who is also with Second Shift in Chicago, believes that "community managers should bring their own personality and flavor to the role and most importantly be themselves! They're there because they love coworking too, so I want them to be able to share what they love about it. For example, if someone comes in for a tour, I don't want the manager to just regurgitate my version of what the space is… I'd rather have them give their unique version that means the most to them!"
When it comes to an individual's personality or the habits and traits that they have, authenticity is key. Training and previous experience can help someone transition into this role faster or more effectively, however, a person that is genuinely interested in the members and actively works to make a better experience for all, can be all that is needed.
Patrick Roche with Think Tank Coworking in Portland, Maine thinks that the traits needed for a great community manager are good housekeeping, the ability to make friends, and being proactive.
Patrick believes that "a sense of ownership and pride should be endemic to the role" and that it is up to a community manager to "set the tone of saying hello to members and engaging with them. The community manager should be curious about the member's lives and interests. The more they know, the more introductions they can make. If members become friends with one another, they are more likely to have a positive experience, be more productive and stick around longer."
Sabrina at L'Atelier Vancouver also believes that "a community manager needs to know how to handle complaints and delicate situations." It is not always easy to have these conversations but it is important to be able to confront a situation and not to avoid it.
When I had a chance to visit Michael Hayes in the Rookie Oven in Glasgow, he was always very transparent with how important he felt these spaces were to their members. When I asked him what he felt was most important for community managers, he responded that they need to "give a damn", be organized, "be a parrot" and "connect the dots" — or in other words connect members that need to be connected.
He summed up his views perfectly here:
"You need to have an interest in people, their lives and their work. People come to collaborative spaces to meet other people, to have social interactions and as community manager you're the cog at the centre of that. As (we) move away from traditional work environments and remote working increases, we lose the ability for 'water cooler' moments. So communities such as coworking spaces are really important for productivity and workplace happiness."
Samantha Hulls with The Melting Pot in Edinburgh brought up a great point. When "honing in on the community aspect of the role you do not necessarily need people who are extroverts, but you are looking for someone who is a good people person as well as apt at, and interested in, making connections with and between people."
When I look back at all of the spaces that I have visited and worked out of, the right community managers were some of the first people I remember.
A great community manager can come from anywhere but they do need to be authentic, care about the space and its members, and have enough processes and a routine that keeps the space running smoothly. If a problem does ever arise, they need to be willing and able to mediate between all parties to come to a solution that fits within the values of the space and its members.
Without a community manager or without those owners or members that act as community managers, our spaces lose the magic and serendipity that keeps us coming back.
Next up, I will be covering: "Are we asking too much of community managers?" When do you know and how can you prevent burn out? Do you have a story of a community manager needing a break because the role became too intense? Please share!
What do you think? What other background experiences, traits, or personalities do you think community managers need in order to be successful? Send me your thoughts.
Tags: Coworking
Robert Kropp
In July of 2016, I decided to go on a life journey working remotely while exploring coworking and flexible workspaces around the world. So far this journey has brought me to 25+ states, 2 provinces, 20+ countries, and 150+ workspaces globally. You can find me contributing articles to Allwork.Space, blogging at RobertKropp.com, and building a better way to distribute workspace updates through Syncaroo.com.

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Spring and summer are the best times to have your chimney sweep inspected and cleaned. If there is damage, this allows plenty of time to have the damage repaired.
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00:38 One way we could do that is to basically do, if user is an admin -- so if an admin equals true -- we could add a new property to this user object, setting isAdmin equal true. Another way would be to conditionally spread the isAdmin property to this user object.
00:56 To do that, instead of using this if statement, do ...isAdmin. If it's true, we are going to spread the object containing isAdmin equal true. Otherwise, we are going to spread an empty object. Basically, spreading an empty object is not going to add anything to this user object, but if the user is an admin, we are going to spread this initial object containing isAdmin equals true.
01:24 Now, we can see the result in the console over here. I have this object, which contains the isAdmin equal true. If I change it to false over here so the user is no longer an admin, what we can see here in the console, that the user is not an admin.


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