Leo Baker: Difference between revisions

| pronouns=[[he/him]] and [[they/them]]<ref name="time-baker">{{Cite web |title='I Couldn’t Keep Putting Myself on Hold' |last=Baker |first=Leo |work=Time |date=15 July 2021 |access-date=20 July 2021 |url= https://time.com/6074489/leo-baker-skateboarder-transition-gender-olympics/}}</ref>

<ref name="Arauz">{{Cite web |title=Transcending Conversation: Lee Baker |last=Arauz |first=Lydia |work=Office Magazine |date=November 13, 2019 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |url= http://officemagazine.net/transcending-conversation-lee-baker?page=1}}</ref>

| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="Rearick">{{Cite web |title=Skateboarder Lacey Baker on Gender Identity and Inclusivity |last=Rearick |first=Lauren |work=Teen Vogue |date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |url= https://www.teenvogue.com/story/skateboarder-lacey-baker-on-gender-identity-and-inclusivity}}</ref> [[genderqueer]]<ref name="Arauz" />

'''Leo Baker''' (formerly '''Lee Baker'''<ref name="Arauz" />) is a professional skateboarder. They began skateboarding around age two or three, while in foster care.<ref name="Arauz" /> In 2017, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine said that Baker was "one of the best skaters on the planet".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/lacey-baker-the-rebel-queen-of-skateboarding-108560/|title=Lacey Baker: The Rebel Queen of Skateboarding|last=Garber-Paul|first=Elisabeth|date=May 5, 2017|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref> As of 2020, Baker has won seven medals in X Games.<ref name="Ryan">{{Cite web |title=Pro Skater Leo Baker Pushes For Equality and Amplifies LGBTQ+ Voices in an Inspiring Nike Ad |last=Ryan |first=Maggie |work=POPSUGAR Fitness |date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |url= https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/watch-skateboarder-leo-bakers-inspiring-nike-ad-47091073}}</ref>

After being signed to the Nike Skateboarding brand in 2017, Baker created the NYC Skate Project, a community aiming to uplift [[LGBTQ]]+ skaters and women skaters.<ref name="Eloise">{{Cite web |title=Vote for Leo Baker on the #Dazed100 |work=Dazed |author=Eloise, Marianne |access-date=16 September 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/article/48985/1/leo-baker-skater-biography-dazed-100-2020-profile}}</ref>

Leo was one of the skaters that was added to the remastered version of the ''Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2'' video games, which they played as a child.<ref name="RazaSheikh">{{Cite web |title=Leo Baker is the trans non-binary skateboarder paving the way for queer, underrepresented communities |last=Raza-Sheikh |first=Zoya |work=GAY TIMES |date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |url= https://gaytimes.co.uk/amplify/leo-baker-is-the-trans-non-binary-skateboarder-paving-the-way-for-queer-underrepresented-communities/ }}</ref><ref name="Bell">{{Cite web |title=Leo Baker drops into Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 remaster |last=Bell |first=Brian C. |work=Outsports |date=26 June 2020 |access-date=16 September 2020 |url= https://www.outsports.com/2020/6/26/21303503/leo-baker-tony-hawk-pro-skater-game-remaster-non-binary-lgbt-skateboarding}}</ref><ref name="Malley">{{Cite web |title=For Leo Baker, Joining 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2' Is a Dream Come True |last=Malley |first=Clara |work=HYPEBEAST |date=3 September 2020 |access-date=16 September 2020 |url= https://hypebeast.com/2020/9/tony-hawks-pro-skater-leo-baker-interview-behind-the-scenes }}</ref>