Olympic Soccer Player Quinn Becomes First Trans Athlete to Medal
CBC Sports. “If I can allow kids to play the sports they love, that's my legacy and that's what I'm here for.”They made history earlier in the Tokyo Games as the first trans person to compete in the Olympics.“I feel proud seeing ‘Quinn’ up on the lineup and on my accreditation,” Quinn posted to Instagram. “I feel sad knowing there were Olympians before me unable to live their truth because of the world.” Quinn also mentioned the discrimination against trans women in sports in the post. “The fight isn’t close to over… and I’ll celebrate when we’re all here,” they wrote.They played soccer for Duke University in North Carolina, before being the highest-drafted Canadian in National Women’s Soccer League when they were chosen third in the draft.
