This is Luke Prokop’s podcast

32 Thoughts: The Podcast

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🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Luke Prokop, Calgary Hitmen defencemen and Nashville Predators prospect. Hi everyone. While the past year and a half has been crazy, it has also given me the chance to find my true self. I am no longer scared to hide who I am. Today I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay. It has been quite the journey to get to this point in my life, but I could not be happier with my decision to come out. From a young age I have dreamed of being an NHL player, and I believe that living my authentic life will allow me to bring my whole shelf to the rink and improve my chances of fulfilling my dreams. I wouldn’t be able to do this without my amazing family, friends, and agents – who have known this about me and met me with love and support every step of the way. I hope that in sharing who I am I can help other people see that gay people are welcome in the hockey community, as we work to make sure that hockey truly is for everyone. I may be new to the community, but I am eager to learn about the strong and resilient people who came before me and paved the way so I could be more comfortable today. Thank you!

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0:00.0	My name is Luke Prokop. I'm 19 years old. I live in Edmonton, Alberta. I play for the
0:05.7	Calgary Hitman in the Western Hockey League and Buzz Drafted by the National
0:09.1	Predators in the NHL. And here's my story.
0:13.8	Today's edition of 31 Thoughts the Podcast is hours by name only. This podcast is
0:20.2	Luke Prokops. We handed it over to him and his story. Luke, if you don't know, is a
0:24.9	6 foot 4-215-pound defenseman for the Calgary Hitman of the Western Hockey League.
0:29.6	He was a 7th overall pick in that league and in 2020 the National Predators selected him in
0:35.0	the 3rd round of the NHL Draft. Last December, they signed him to a 3-year entry-level contract.
0:42.0	On Monday, on his social media, he announced he is gay. Before he made his announcement,
0:47.1	he joined us to talk about his decision, his life, and hockey.
0:51.3	We wanted to introduce a couple of people Luke discusses. His sister Alana is 5 years older,
0:57.0	his brother Josh, 2 years older, is also his teammate, captain of the Calgary Hitman.
1:03.3	And we'd like to say we are enormously honored that Luke would be comfortable enough to discuss
1:08.2	this with us. It is very meaningful. This is his story to tell, and we try to stay out of the way.
1:15.1	He's a person of resolve, strength, courage, and imagination. And this is his podcast, Luke Prokops.
1:27.5	Luke, first of all, thank you so much for joining us today on 31 Thoughts The Podcast.
1:36.1	And as we've talked about before on this show, everybody listening, everybody involved in this
1:42.4	program, everybody goes through journeys of self-discovery throughout their life. And I just
1:47.2	want to start this by congratulating you on your journey of self-discovery that has brought you
1:52.6	to this moment today. How do you feel now? I feel amazing. I started this process back in June of
2:02.4	last year when I started telling most of my family and friends and just being able to finally come
2:09.1	to terms with being okay with who I am and living my true self. This past year has been
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