Diversity Rules Magazine

Tony Guadagnino is a marke ng con- sultant. Located in New Jersey, his clients are based across the country, focusing on social media to build their presence on the internet. He studied crea ve wri ng in college and is cur- rently working his first novel on the subject of bullying. He lives with his partner Mark. Well, my friends, the me has come. Raise the roof and have some fun." You are cordially invited to a end the 2021 Summer Olympic Games (rescheduled from 2020 – THANK YOU PANDEMIC) When: July 23rd – August 8th Where: Tokyo, Japan (but you can watch on NBC) Why: Because the me has come for us to watch all of the athletes across the globe, who worked hard and pushed their limits beyond the means of any of us could imagine, in order to qualify to perform on the world stage, and each and every one of them de- serve our respect and a en on. To every athlete in every na on on this planet, I wish them the very best of luck to bring home a gold med- al (of course, I'm roo ng for U.S.A. to bring home the most). I have spent the last year discussing different LGBT athletes who paved the way in previous Olympic games. But, what about the ones who are compe ng now, the future trailblazers of the community. Allow me to introduce them to you: 1 – Laurel Hubbard is a New Zealand weightli er, will make history as the first openly transgender athlete to ever compete at the Olympics. Laurel is in the women's super heavyweight 87kg-plus category. 2 – Amandine Buchard is a French Judoka who will be compe ng in Judo. Earlier this year, she won the gold medal in the 2021 Judo World Masters in Qatar. 3 – Aoife Cooke is an Irish long distance runner who will be par cipa ng in the Marathon race in Tokyo. She won the Cheshire Elite Marathon women's race earlier this year, bea ng her personal best by over 4 minutes. 4 – Kayla Miracle is an American wrestler who will be represen ng the U.S.A. She is a two- me U.S. Open Champion in 2017 and 2018, and she won the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Associa on na onal tle four mes (the fourth woman wrestler to ac- complish it). 5 – Anton Down-Jenkins is a New Zealand diver. Now based in North Carolina, Anton qualified in May for the Olympics in the Individual 3m springboard com- pe on. 6 – Sha-Carri Richardson is an American track and field sprinter who will be compe ng in the 100 and 200 meters. She became "one to watch" back in 2019, when as a freshman at Louisiana State Univer- sity, she broke the 100 m record (running 10.75 sec- onds), ranking her as one of the ten fastest women in history. 7 – Rebecca Catherine Quinn (just goes by Quinn) is a Canadian soccer player. In 2019, Quinn came out as transgender, and prefers to use non-binary pronouns (they/them). Quinn already won a bronze medal in 2016, and will be back again to represent Canada. Olympics - Con't on page 16 14 |Diversity Rules Magazine| July 2021 Empowering Inspiration 2021 Summer Olympics Coming Soon! By Tony Guadagnino

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