taken on July 28, 2019 Rebecca Quinn #5 of Seattle Reign FC is
honored for representing the Canada Women’s National Soccer Team
prior to taking on the Chicago Red Stars during their game at
Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington. – Canada and OL Reign
midfielder Rebecca Quinn came out publicly as transgender in an
Instagram post on September 8, 2020. (Photo by Abbie Parr / GETTY
IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP).
Canada and OL Reign midfielder Rebecca Quinn came
out publicly as transgender in an Instagram post on
Tuesday.
The 25-year-old player, who won Olympic bronze with the Canadian
women’s team in 2016 and played for Canada at the 2019 Women’s
World Cup, said the post was aimed at helping “queer folx” feel
safe on social media.
“As I’ve lived as an openly trans person with the people I love
most for many years, I did always wonder when I’d come out
publicly,” Quinn wrote.
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“I wanted to be visible to queer folx who don’t see people like
them on their feed,” Quinn added. “I know it saved my life years
ago.”
Quinn urged “cis folks” — those who identify with their birth
gender — to be “better allies.”
Quinn plays professionally for the Tacoma, Washington-based OL
Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League, and is currently on
loan to Vittsjo GIK in Sweden.
Quinn is one of the most prominent North American team sports
athletes to come out as transgender.
Triathlete Chris Mosier, who began his athletics career as a
woman, competed for the US as a man in 2015.
AFP
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