Soccer star Rebecca Quinn has come out
as transgender.
The 25-year-old midfielder for Tacoma's
OL Reign and the Canadian Women's National Team came out in an
Instagram post. They also said their preferred pronouns were
they/them.
“Coming out is HARD (and kinda bs),”
they captioned a photo of themselves. “I know for me it's something
I'll be doing over again for the rest of my life. 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.”
“I want to be visible to queer folx
who don't see people like them on their feeds. I know it saved my
life years ago.”
“I want to challenge cis folks … to
be better allies,” they added.
Quinn, who won a bronze medal at the
2016 Summer Olympics as a member of Team Canada, started posting
LGBT-themed photos on Instagram in 2017.