Topline The Canadian women’s soccer team won gold after playing in its first ever Olympic gold medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Games on Friday, a game that also marks the first time an openly transgender and nonbinary athlete has won a medal at the Olympic Games. Canada’s midfielder Quinn warms up prior the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women’s final football match … [+] between Sweden and Canada AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Quinn, who came out as transgender and nonbinary on social media last fall, won a gold medal on Friday when Canada beat Sweden in penalty shootouts. The midfielder was the first openly transgender and nonbinary athlete to ever compete in the Olympics when they played in one of the first events of the Games in July. After that match, Quinn said they felt “proud” seeing their name on the lineup but “sad knowing there were Olympians before me unable to live their truth” and said they were “aware of the realities” of discrimination and bias trans women face. Though Quinn has won an Olympic medal before—they were part of Canada’s bronze medal-winning squad at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016—they had… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Canada’s Quinn Makes History As First Openly Transgender And Nonbinary Athlete To Win Olympic Medal
