(Dan Mullan/Getty Images)Įven though the Olympics started “allowing” transgender athletes in 2004, super heavyweight weightlifter Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand was the first to qualify and along with Quinn was one of the first to compete this year. She would be the first trans woman of colour in the position. This year has seen Precious release her debut memoir Have Always Been Me, a story that goes from her experiences growing up in the foster care system as a gender non-conforming child to moving to Chicago and finding her voice through performance and advocacy work.īrady-Davis hopes to make history once again as she runs for the seat of the commissioner on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. These roles are the continuation of a legacy of advocacy for justice by Brady-Davis, who in 2020 – along with partner Myles Brady-Davis – fought to change the birth certificate process in the US state of Illinois, leading to a landmark revision of the system to better recognise the gender identities of trans parents. She also heads the Beyond Coal Campaign, seeking to replace coal plants with sources of clean energy in the USA. Precious Brady Davis is a trans activist working with the grassroots environmental organisation, The Sierra Club.
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