Trans weightlifters celebrate Laurel Hubbard’s ‘vindicating, monumental’ Olympics debut

Laurel Hubbard is one of the first openly trans athletes to compete at the Olympic Games. Laurel’s story is part of history: Olympics history, weightlifting history, LGBT+ history. Her road to the Olympics has been plagued by transmisogyny, and she’s understandably kept quiet and focused on the competition in...