Canada's Quinn to become 1st openly transgender, non-binary athlete to win Olympic medal

allthecanadianpolitics:

allthecanadianpolitics:

Canada’s appearance in the gold-medal match in Japan won’t be the only first for the women’s soccer team when it takes to the pitch Friday (10 p.m. ET on Thursday in Canada).

Quinn, a 25-year-old midfielder from Toronto, will also become the first openly transgender and non-binary athlete to win an Olympic medal, as the team is assured of a gold or silver.

Quinn came out publicly as transgender in a social media post last fall, changed their pronouns to they/them and now goes by one name.

Since Canada’s 1-0 semifinal victory over the United States on Monday at Kashima Stadium, setting up the final against Sweden, Quinn said they’ve been “getting messages from young people saying they’ve never seen a trans person in sports before.”

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QUINN!!!!

FIRST OPENLY NB/TRANS OLYMPIC GOLD WINNER



yudarvish:

Canada making the final also means we are guaranteed an out trans Olympic medalist in Quinn 🏅 🏳️‍⚧️

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