I cried when Sue Bird told the world she's gay - ESPN

Contents:

• SUE BIRD CONFIRMS SHE'S GAY, DATG SOCCER STAR MEGAN RAPOE
• SUE BIRD AND MEGAN RAPOE FED THE NCEPT OF A GAY SPORTS POWER UPLE
• WNBA STAR SUE BIRD OUT AS GAY, REVEALS SHE’S DATG U.S. SOCCER PLAYER MEGAN RAPOE
• WNBA’S SUE BIRD SAYS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IS LS POPULAR THAN SOCCER BEE THEY’RE BLACK AND GAY
• I CRIED WHEN SUE BIRD TOLD THE WORLD SHE'S GAY

SUE BIRD CONFIRMS SHE'S GAY, DATG SOCCER STAR MEGAN RAPOE

Here’s what we know:Bird realized she was gay llegeDiana Trasi, also gay and now married, was her teammate and iend llege, but they never talked about Bird’s realizatn until they were Rsia the 2000sShe never felt the need to “e out” bee she always lived her life openly, she saysBird and Rapoe began datg the fall of 2016The Seattle Storm guard don’t want to be the center of attentn or gossipBird and Rapoe attend UCONN’s 100th nsecutive victory game together last FebaryRapoe says Bird is her number one “go-to-for advice person” bee she’s so level-headShe was drafted to the Seattle Storm as the No. 5 assistsThe private star has regularly spent the Seattle Storm’s off-seasons playg basketball Rsia, a untry where beg openly homosexual n be extremely dangero.

This led fans to surmise that the star was protectg herself om backlash if she chose to e out, but that don’t seem to be the told ESPNW’s Mechelle Voepel, “I’m gay.

Bird and her partner Megan Rapoe mastreamed the ncept of the gay sports power uple. Almost om that very moment, the public embraced the two of them unlike any gay or lbian athlete uple before. The two legends began seeg each other only a year after the Obergefell cisn, which turned out to be ftg, as they eventually beme the sports power uple for the legalized gay marriage generatn.

SUE BIRD AND MEGAN RAPOE FED THE NCEPT OF A GAY SPORTS POWER UPLE

After beg a standout basketball player at UConn and spendg 15 years the WNBA, Sue Bird is ready to let the world on her an terview wh pnW, Bird revealed that she is gay and is currently datg U. "I'm gay. "Bird said she realized she was gay while at llege UConn.

"After year's of keepg a secret, Sue Bird revealed an pnW article that she's gay. Rapoe me out publicly as gay 2012. Megan proclaimed herself gay a 2012 terview OUT magaze, but Sue didn’t share that fact about her until meetg Rapo.

“I’m gay. 2017: Sue Bird out as gay and announc her relatnship wh Megan Rapoe. While Rapoe publicly me out as gay 2012 via an OUT magaze feature, Bird did not e out until 2017.

WNBA STAR SUE BIRD OUT AS GAY, REVEALS SHE’S DATG U.S. SOCCER PLAYER MEGAN RAPOE

A year, five years, 10 years, 20 years, to look back and be like, 'Oh, they were the first openly gay uple to be the issue.

Insir is highlightg out and proud athlet honor of the annual celebratn of those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and morn-day stars like USWNT pta Megan Rapoe and WNBA legend, Diana Trasi, are NBA player Jason Pl Colls, former NFL nng back David Kopay, and tennis in Billie Jean Kg were trailblazers their rpective sports. Longtime NFL offensive leman Ryan O'Callaghan me out as gay publicly 2017 via a story for Outsports and revealed that he had long planned to kill himself once his football reer was over. She's sce bee a vol gay rights advote and one of the most fluential voic at the tersectn of sports and social movements.

WNBA’S SUE BIRD SAYS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IS LS POPULAR THAN SOCCER BEE THEY’RE BLACK AND GAY

In 1999, after his profsnal reer me to a close, Bean me out as gay.

After g out 2013, Michael Sam was one of the first publicly gay players high-profile llege football history.

I CRIED WHEN SUE BIRD TOLD THE WORLD SHE'S GAY

Louis Rams 2014, makg him the first out gay man drafted to the NFL, although he never played a regular-season NFL game. Jason Pl Colls spent 13 seasons the NBA and, after g out 2013, beme the first out gay athlete actively playg any of the four major North Amerin pro sports leagu.