Their goal is to help other queer athletes feel welcome in sports.
is set to become the first openly nonbinary American athlete to ever compete at the Winter Games ... but they don't want to make it a big deal about themself -- their goal is to make all queer people feel accepted in sports.
31-year-old LeDuc -- who came out as gay at 18 before opening up about being nonbinary in 2021 -- said when they take the ice alongside partnerin Beijing this month, they hope the storyline isn't,"Timothy is the first nonbinary person to achieve this level of success in sports." Instead, the 2-time national champ wants to use this opportunity to show all members of the LGBTQ+ community there is a place for them in competitive sport.
"We’ve always been here, we have always been a part of sports. We just haven’t always been able to be open," LeDuc said, according to the
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