OUT AFRICA MAGAZINE ISSUE 48

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Sarah Jones - Team Great Britain Team Great Britain took home the bronze medal in women’s field hockey. • • • •

Susannah Townsend – Team GB Team Great Britain took home the bronze medal in women’s field hockey.

Leah Wilkinson – Team Great Britain Team Great Britain took home the bronze medal in women’s field hockey.

There were at least 181 LGBTQ+ and out athletes competing in Tokyo 2020 this year. Women’s soccer had a clean sweep with the gold, silver and bronze medals going to teams who embrace and honour their out LGBTI team mates. Quinn representing Team Canada in women’s soccer was the first ever trans athlete to win a gold medal. Tokyo has three times as many out LGBTQ+ athletes as Rio had, but activists say there is ‘still a way to go’

Roll on Paris 2024

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