Quinn: the Olympics’ first out trans medalist aims for gold with Canada

The Canada midfielder came out as trans and non-binary last year. Now they are hoping to lead their team to glory in Japan

On Monday when Canada beat the US 1-0 to advance to the women’s football final and guarantee themselves at least a silver medal, Quinn, their midfielder, took yet another step toward history. On Friday, they will become the first out transgender, non-binary athlete to win an Olympic medal.

Quinn won bronze with Team Canada in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, but they hadn’t yet come out. In 2020, they announced they were transgender, that they use they/them pronouns and that they would take Quinn as their full name.

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