Alex Poon
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Alex Poon | |
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| Born | 1992 |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College, 2014 |
| Known for | transgender advocacy |
Alex Poon is an American transgender advocate.
Poon graduated from Wellesley College (a women's college) in 2014, where he majored in computer science.[1][2] He came out as transgender as a sophomore.[3] He was the first out transgender person to win the annual hoop rolling race since it began in 1895.[1][4][5][6] His mother, Helen Poon, also won when she was a senior at Wellesley in 1982.[1][2][5]
Poon is Chinese-American and grew up in Virginia.[3][7][8] He attended Holton-Arms School, an all-girls high school, where he was captain of the girls' swim team and the men's water polo team at a local all-boys school.[3][7]