{"id":16078,"date":"2021-09-22T10:49:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/canadas-quinn-makes-history-as-first-openly-transgender-and-nonbinary-athlete-to-win-olympic-medal\/"},"modified":"2021-09-22T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:49:05","slug":"canadas-quinn-makes-history-as-first-openly-transgender-and-nonbinary-athlete-to-win-olympic-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/canadas-quinn-makes-history-as-first-openly-transgender-and-nonbinary-athlete-to-win-olympic-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Quinn Makes History As First Openly Transgender And Nonbinary Athlete To Win Olympic Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline The Canadian women\u2019s 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&#8217;s midfielder Quinn warms up prior the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women&#8217;s final football match &#8230; [+] 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\u00a0in 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 \u201cproud\u201d seeing their name on the lineup but \u201csad knowing there were Olympians before me unable to live their truth\u201d and said they were \u201caware of the realities\u201d of discrimination and bias trans women face.\u00a0 Though Quinn has won an Olympic medal before\u2014they were part of Canada\u2019s bronze medal-winning squad at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016\u2014they had&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Forbes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/roberthart\/2021\/08\/06\/canadas-quinn-makes-history-as-first-openly-transgender-and-nonbinary-athlete-to-win-olympic-medal\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline The Canadian women\u2019s 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. 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