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Brtney Grer, the No. 1 pick the WNBA draft, acknowledged Wednday terviews that she is gay.

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WNBA'S BRTNEY GRER ON BEG A GAY ATHLETE: I FELT LIKE HALF OF ME WASN'T ACCEPTED

Baylor's Brtney Grer has revealed she is gay. The No. 1 overall pick the recent WNBA Draft explaed why was no big al for her to e out. * is brittany griner gay *

But as a gay woman, she also felt burned by a policy wrten to the stunt handbook at her private Christian universy, which banned homosexual behavr and advocy for LGBT issu, she tells PEOPLE exclively for a portfol of gay profsnal athlet who discs their cisn to play and live openly. But after beg out to iends and fay at home Hoton om the age of 15, Grer, now, 23, says the school’s official stance – which she didn’t disver until the start of her sophomore year – ed tensn, pecially when a ach lled Grer to her office after she sent a Tweet to her then-girliend.

BAYLOR STAR BRTNEY GRER ACKNOWLEDG SHE IS GAY

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Grer was asked by SI's Maggie Gray on the difference between men's and women's sports when to acceptance of sexual orientatn; why the WNBA has been able to often embrace many lbians wh their sport, while male sports Ameri still was on s first publicly gay player.

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Bee that moment, Grer beme the most proment openly gay basketball player the had always wanted to be upont about her sexual orientatn.

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One day, the middle of her sophomore season, she was summoned to the office of her head ach, Kim Mulkey.

”At the time, Baylor had a formal policy the stunt handbook forbiddg homosexual activy and premaral sex general.

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WNBA's Brtney Grer on Beg a Gay Athlete: I Felt Like Half of Me Wasn't Accepted .

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