His competitors outed him, creating an intensifying drumbeat of whispers that became impossible to ignore. The previous year, he was ousted without explanation from the association where he was coaching, and no longer allowed to work with its players. Though he didn’t publicly come out until 2016, his sexuality wasn’t a secret in the hockey community. McGillis has first-hand experience with the evils of homophobia. I think it’s important to shed light on it.” Brock McGillis says homophobia can’t be ignored online.
It doesn’t mean other people aren’t as extreme as him. “Dustin Penner might be an extreme case, but it doesn’t mean it’s not getting said elsewhere. The trans community gets referred to as pedophiles all the time,” McGillis said to Outsports on the phone. I’ve been called those things in 2017, 2018. He says those insults are still prevalent, especially in sports locker rooms across the world. While Penner’s unhinged Twitter presence makes Curt Schilling look dignified - the ex-forward frequently posts QAnon and coronavirus conspiracies - McGillis says it’s naive to dismiss Penner’s attacks as the ramblings of an extremist. Con’t /kM5H2ptuIM- Brock McGillis April 6, 2020 These comments by hockey guys while I played made me want and try to kill myself. So Dustin Penner made some homophobic comments and not so indirectly linked pedophilia to homosexuality.
