Canadian international soccer player Quinn publicly came out as transgender in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
“Coming out is HARD (and kinda bs). I know for me it’s something I’ll be doing over again for the rest of my life,” Quinn wrote in their post. “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.”
With the post, Quinn said that they wanted to be “visible for queer folx who don’t see peole like them on their feed.
They added that wanted to challenge people who are not trans to be better allies by putting pronouns in their biographies, listening to other trans and non-binary voices, practice using gender neutral pronouns, to vote, and to catch themsleves making assumptions about people in public bathrooms and spaces.
“It’s a process, and i know it won’t be perfect, but if I can encourage you to start then it’s something,” Quinn wrote.
Quinn played for Canada’s national soccer team and earned a bronze medal in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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