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BROCK McGILLIS (he/him) is a former NHL and professional hockey player, is the first openly gay men’s professional hockey player and a leading activist in the LGBTQ+ space.

His continuous work to shift the conversation around sports and the LGBTQ+ community earned him recognition as one of The Hockey News “100 Most Influential People in Hockey” for 2022. Alongside international speaking engagements and educational content, Brock hosts a digital series with World of Wonder, the creator of Rupaul’s Drag Race. Brock has a BA in Communication and Sports Communication from Laurentian University and is certified in EDI from Cornell University.

Brock is embarking this year on the “Culture Shift Tour”, a mission this season to ensure the game of hockey takes important strides to be a welcoming space. He'll be speaking to 100 high school-aged minor hockey teams in 100 days across Canada. uses his life as a case study to humanize his experience of someone different than the norm and sharing examples of situations where people stood up to be shift makers. Brock then teaches simple ways that we can all create shifts so everyone can be themselves and to help make hockey the best it can be.
To learn more about Brock check out his website at www.brockmcgillis.com or @brockmcgillis33

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From August 4th – 11th 1990, Vancouver hosted the 3rd Annual Gay Games which was as expected, a MASSIVE success. Jump forward 33 years, to an Ad Hoc committee that was formed amongst a few members of Vancouver’s queer community who were looking for a large-scale event to bring to Vancouver.

They made the decision that the best opportunity for our community to shine was by looking at the Federation of Gay Games and their bidding process to potentially bring (for the Van 1990 40th anniversary), a return to Vancouver for the 13th International Gay Games in 2030.



Building on support and interest from community members, sporting groups and the local arts and cultural community, the Committee drafted and submitted a bid for Vancouver to once again Host the Gay Games and in the first week of January 2024, Vancouver was indeed confirmed as a bid city for the 2030 Gay Games.


To discuss this further and how people can become involved, we speak with JOHN BOYCHUCK (he/him), one of the Bid Committee Members to discuss the return of the Gay Games to Vancouver and what the community can do to help in the next phase of the bid process. For more information, visit the bid website www.203040.org or visit gaygames.org