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• THE 77 WNBA PLAYERS THAT HAVE COME OUT AS GAY LBIAN, TRANS OR NON-BARY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• CURT MILLER EMBRAC BEG WNBA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE HEAD ACH

THE 77 WNBA PLAYERS THAT HAVE COME OUT AS GAY LBIAN, TRANS OR NON-BARY

Miller is the only out gay male head ach profsnal sports. One of the thgs that ma sry for me to be out was I didn’t see that gay male succsful ach. “Sometim ’s tratg when articl are wrten out there about how’s there’s no (openly gay) ach the NBA right now, there’s no major ach Divisn 1 men’s basketball.

Not only was their birthday a huge tone for women’s profsnal basketball, but the league’s growth has cid wh a growg acceptance of players that intify as gay, lbian, bisexual and trans. I remember when the WNBA kicked off and though there was an assumptn that there mt have been gay players the league, yet no player was open about their sexualy.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

How Many WNBA Players Intify As Gay?

Even though some outlets have approximated of the percentage of LGBTQ players the WNBA the real number will always be accurate as long as homophobia exists all ’s forms. The te percentage of WNBA players that intify as gay or lbian will always be termed by how acceptg society of differenc sexualy and genr, and th, how fortable players are of g out of the closet the public eye. We piled this list bee we know that the qutn of how many gay WNBA players there are and bee there’s not a lot of reputable rmatn to be had; leads to stereotyp beg perpetuated and biased opns are taken as fact.

We saw the lack of available rearch as an opportuny to provi rmatn that is actually rearched wh the ntext of how culture affects the number of out gay and lbian WNBA players. That’s also te the WNBA where All-Stars Dewanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas are engaged, former teammat Penny Taylor and Trasi are married, current teammat Allie Quigley and Courtney Vanrsloot have also wed, Natisha Heiman and Jasme Thomas are upled up and Breanna Stewart and Marta Xargay have a child together. To see the percentage of gay and lbian players the WNBA, go here.

CURT MILLER EMBRAC BEG WNBA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE HEAD ACH

All that said beg one of the top players don’t exclu you om experiencg homophobia or the feelgs of fear, anxiety and shame.

“Every day walkg down the hallway was like: ‘She’s gay. She’s gay.