Timothy LeDuc, figure skating’s non-binary trailblazer
My New Favorite Olympian and My New Favorite ParalympianShow Notes
Figure skater Timothy LeDuc (they/them), the first openly gay athlete to win a U.S. national pairs title, will become the first publicly out non-binary athlete to compete at a Winter Olympics
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Timothy LeDuc
Ashley Cain-Gribble (Timothy’s figure skating partner)
Tara Lipinski (1998 Olympic figure skating champion)
Johnny Weir (two-time Olympian)
Hudson Taylor (Executive director at Athlete Ally)
Erica Rand (Professor at Bates College)
Mike (Timothy’s father) and Becky (Timothy’s mother) LeDuc
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