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December 3rd 2023 best hockey tweet(s) of the day
HIFE night at the Garden was a hit
We need to talk about the Kurtis Gabriel thing
Who is Kurtis Gabriel?
Kurtis Gabriel is a current player in the NHL on the San Jose Sharks known for being outspoken on social issues. (We will get back to this later).
Who is Brock McGillis?
Brock McGillis is a former professional hockey player and is one of the first professional players to come out as gay. He now works as an LGBT advocate.
What happened?
Twitter user nathanscn has been organising a fundraiser for Brent Burns to say "Trans rights are human rights". All funds are going to the LGBTQ Youth Space with a total of of over $6000 pledged and around $2300 donated. Nathan had been organising this by himself previously but reached out by @-ing Kurtis Gabriel on Twitter as he is one of Brent Burns' teammates and an outspoken advocate for LGBT people. This is where the problems began. After seeing Nathan's tweet Kurtis Gabriel talked to Brock McGillis, among others, and came to the conclusion that this was bullying.
[ID: Tweet by Kurtis Gabriel reading "At first I thought there was nothing to this, good cause. But after consideration and talking to @brock_mcgillis as well as others (you know who you are) this is unfortunately a form of bullying. It is not anybody's place to 'get someone to say something' and them in that...' END ID]
Why is this a problem?
Firstly, none of this is bullying, the idea that this is bullying is absolutely laughable. In addition to that there has long been valid criticisms of Kurtis Gabriel's activism which tends to be centred on himself as the one doing the activism. In his, and in turn, Brock McGillis' responses to the situation it is clear that they viewed this situation through their whiteness. Too often white queer people, specifically, white gay people are less radical in their LGBT rights activism than their POC counterparts. Brock McGillis, and by extension Kurtis Gabriel, have very clearly bought into a kind of respectability politics that shames public pressure as though public pressure is not the way so many battles in the LGBTQ rights movement were won. This comes from their whiteness because they have been brought up in a society where they belong and are shown that they belong since childhood. Meanwhile, queer people of colour and trans people have not been raised with the same sense of "belonging" to the culture and are thus more willing to push that culture in very specific ways to achieve their goals. Asking Brent Burns to say "trans rights are human rights" is in no way bullying. Talking over actual trans people in this situation because you don't agree with their tactics on the other hand shows a disrespect to the wants and needs of a community that you claim to be an ally to.
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TK, being named Hockey is For Everyone Ambassador
hockey is for everyone night! | yotes @ flames | mar. 6, 2020
@matthewtkafuck reports all flames players were seen using pride tape tonight.
'Hockey Is For Everyone' 🏳️🌈 team dates!