Rebecca Quinn, bronze medalist for Canada at Rio 2016, announced today that she is a transgender man. In an Instagram post, Quinn, who plays as a midfielder, said he had always wondered “when he would come out publicly.”
Quinny also said she made the post with the intention of helping “the queer community” feel safe on social media. The term “queer” refers to people who do not conform to a cisheteronormative standard.
“I never hid from the people I love that I was transgender, but I always wondered when I would come out publicly,” he wrote.
“I wanted to encapsulate my feelings about my trans identity in one post, but that’s not exactly what we’re here for,” he added.
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