Wnba players that are gay

This is what happened with 2021 league MVP Jonquel Jones. That ratio represents progress and we expect this list to grow as the LGBTQ community is more widely accepted around the world.

As mentioned in this Washington Post article, queer athletes can be found in relationships with one another. Yet the media gives them half the play.

And they are championing social justice advocacy. If you’re more of a pure viewer of the game and prefer only knowing what’s going on while the clock is running, I do regularly make WNBA TikToks that I like to think are pretty informative! 

The league is well known to have some of the best pre-game walk-up outfits in all of professional sports, so you’re missing out if you don’t follow at least the @wnba account on Instagram.

She joins her girlfriend Isabelle Harrison on the court for a super team that just got a bit more super. It’s extremely unusual to be so well-known yet this basic information isn’t available.

If the lack of online information isn’t just for general privacy concerns, we can safely assume that much of that dearth of information is to protect their own safety, the well-being of partners, their families and careers.

To see the percentage of gay and lesbian players in the WNBA, go here.

The W25 are the WNBA’s superstars and greatest players. They’ll almost surely be in the top 3 teams throughout the year, so if you’re looking for a bandwagon to hop on that’s not the bandwagon (**new liberty fans I’m looking at you**) this is the one.

In terms of queer things to know, Chelsea Gray and her wife Tipsea Moorer are absolutely adorable together.

• Kierstan Bell
• Chelsea Gray
• Jewell Loyd
• Nalyssa Smith

Atlanta Dream

With only two out gay players, it might seem like the dream aren’t that gay, but they are certainly going to be fun to watch.

If you haven’t watched their live streams yet, you’re missing out. When the WNBA went into their respective bubble in 2020, the players playfully named it the “Wubble” and that season wasn’t so much as who won the championship, who won the MVP or the typical on-court accomplishments, but will be remembered for the players using their voice to bring visibility to injustice, discrimination and lack of equality.

The only one that stuck around is Marina Mabrey, who didn’t get the trade she requested but seems to have found a home alongside rookie Saniya Rivers. And every WNBA superstar that is out now including Augustus, Griner, Bird, McCoughtry, Candace Parker, Stewart, Katie Smith, and Jonquel Jones to name a few have all spoke to the glass closet they’re working against and homophobia that they’ve experienced that have silenced them.

Gay, Black and Female

We’ve focused on coming as gay or lesbian and haven’t even approached the subject from the cross section of the multiple identities that are at play.

The rise of popular women’s sports bars, such as Rikki’s in the Castro, is also helping to fuel the shift.

Some studies and other media reports estimate that approximately 38% of players in the WNBA are lesbian or LGBTQ+. The rookie addition of Hailey Van Lith only makes it more exciting.

• Courtney Vandersloot
• Maddy Westbeld

Los Angeles Sparks

There are only two gay players on this team, but their straight players tell a fun story!

“Every day walking down the hallway it was like: ‘She’s gay. Sue Bird dumbed down how racism, sexism, and homophobia comes together to work against the WNBA in an ESPN interview: “To be completely blunt, but also kind of simple, soccer players generally are cute little white girls.” Bird said “And I think basketball players, we’re all shapes and sizes.

Collins now is a public speaker and an NBA Cares Ambassador.

“Our league is very inclusive and supportive of its players, so to be able to help so many people in our own markets and communities is an honor to have that platform and be able to give back in the way that we can.”

As mentioned above, we don’t know the exact percentage of WNBA players that are LGBTQIA, but in researching players there are plenty of active and retired players that are heterosexual, have husbands and/or consider themselves to be “straight.” Here’s a short NOT COMPREHENSIVE list of those active and retired WNBA players that identify as straight.

It’s worth mentioning that in researching this article, we also found that at least 50 former WNBA players are working as coaches or staff for colleges, high schools, NBA or WNBA – most of whom didn’t have very much personal information available.

We’ve listed some of the league’s LGBTQ players and put together a small sampling of the league straight players, but the longest list might be of ot of well-known WNBA players where there’s not a lot of information on their relationships.

They get the most media coverage. “The only difference is that I’m openly out and dressing differently,” Jones told ESPN.

Being at the intersection of being Black, queer and female puts you at a significant disadvantage. Those concerns have somewhat softened over the years in the league, but still very much hangs over like a cloud.

I remember when the WNBA kicked off and though there was an assumption that there must have been gay players in the league, yet no player was open about their sexuality.

It seems like the majority of the issues were between former Notre Dame players Jewell Loyd and Skylar Diggins, a battle which Diggins must have won as she’s the one still here. Kayla McBride is a great shooter and overall athlete.