Candice Wiggs says 98 percent of WNBA is gay, claims she was bullied for beg straight

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• CANDICE WIGGS SAYS 98 PERCENT OF WNBA IS GAY, CLAIMS SHE WAS BULLIED FOR BEG STRAIGHT
• THE 77 WNBA PLAYERS THAT HAVE COME OUT AS GAY LBIAN, TRANS OR NON-BARY
• A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
• HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
• WNBA’S SUE BIRD SAYS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL IS LS POPULAR THAN SOCCER BEE THEY’RE BLACK AND GAY
• THE LIST OF GAY BASKETBALL PLAYERS NTU TO GROW WH ANOTHER G OUT

CANDICE WIGGS SAYS 98 PERCENT OF WNBA IS GAY, CLAIMS SHE WAS BULLIED FOR BEG STRAIGHT

(AP)The WNBA has historilly been the most forward-thkg sports league Ameri when to gay rights.

While the WNBA hasn’t always ma the LGBTQ muny proud wh how choos to promote and acmodate s gay players, ’s fair to say that they’ve ma meangful stris. In a new terview wh the San Diego Unn-Tribune, Wiggs says that “98 percent” of the WNBA is gay and that she would have played two more years if not for the “toxic” environment that affected her as a straight woman:“I wanted to play two more seasons of WNBA, but the experience didn’t lend self to my mental state, ” Wiggs said. So acrdg to the numbers, I intify as gay now— Deverex Peters (@MsPeters14) Febary 20, 2017It’s tough to asss all of Wiggs’s statements, bee she is ultimately scribg a personal experience that have not yet been refuted.

That piece did not feature any explic reference to the prsure of beg straight a very gay ’s difficult to read this piece, then, whout wonrg exactly where Wiggs is g om. Usg hyperbole to make a pot is not herently wrong, but dog to st a historilly margalized group (gay women, many of whom are also black) as a bullyg force rais ncerns.

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

Our magaze also stands wh the LGBT we will stand agast those who are tryg to nvert a straight person to LGBT's, and agast those who try to be super polilly rrect, bashg the dividuals who ppot the issu the LGBT's muny, labelg them the tle "anti-gay" or "anti-LGBT.

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A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

That haven’t stopped few issu like her enunter wh NBA prospect Leon Smh, and her troubled upbrgg, leakg to the feature article by Curve, a lbian magaze, cludg her among the nam of “out and proud lbian” dit she is a proud gay too. At first glance of her wh her characteristic trimmed hair, you would mistake her for some NBA statements durg the terviews wh GO Magaze and Curve Magaze are ample evince to elucidate on her inty as an out and proud gay. Beanna Stewart has had a 2021 for the ag: proposg to girliend and WNBA rival Marta Xargay May, wng her send Olympic gold medal Augt, and welg her first child to the world one day later.

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. 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.

HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL

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. All that said beg one of the top players don’t exclu you om experiencg homophobia or the feelgs of fear, anxiety and shame. Beg bullied, havg feelgs of not beg accepted for beg gay or not fully g out aren’t unique to WNBA players whatsoever.

And every WNBA superstar that is out now cludg Augt, Grer, Bird, McCoughtry, Candace Parker, Stewart, Katie Smh, and Jonquel Jon to name a few have all spoke to the glass closet they’re workg agast and homophobia that they’ve experienced that have silenced them. We’ve foced on g as gay or lbian and haven’t even approached the subject om the cross sectn of the multiple inti that are at play. By also then intifyg as Gay, Lbian, Bi-Sexual, Queer or Trans Black woman, well that pretty much tak all offers off the table.

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

Sue Bird dumbed down how racism, sexism, and homophobia together to work agast the WNBA an ESPN terview: “To be pletely blunt, but also kd of simple, soccer players generally are cute ltle whe girls. Whether straight or gay, the great thg about the WNAB is that they’re unified their support of one another – not only terms of women’s sports, but genr equy, racial jtice, and issu impactg the LGBTQIA+ muny as all three h very close to home. Though there is a lot of ternalized and systemic homophobia the WNBA to unpack and remove, ’s no surprise that the league go big durg Pri month.

Last time at the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the Netherlands lay claim to the honor of beg the team wh the most out LGBTQ players, but this year Atralia boasts 10 out players and overtak them for the tle of Gayt Team 2k23.

THE LIST OF GAY BASKETBALL PLAYERS NTU TO GROW WH ANOTHER G OUT

Ireland’s historic entry to the tournament marks another triumph for out midfielr Sead Farrelly, whose natnal team but and 2023 return to the NWSL e more than six years after retirg om soccer the wake of systemic homophobic and sexual abe wh the league, which the Athletic first reported on 2021. We have seen transgenr, gay, lbian and bisexual players and ach across genrs and NCAA divisns. Derek Schell, Hillsdale When Schell me out as an NCAA Divisn II gay athlete 2013, he did so at a Michigan school that’s still on the Camp Pri Worst List for LGBTQ stunts.

Jason Jaralo, Sarah Lawrence and ClarkThe longtime lear the Natnal Gay Basketball Associatn has also been a women’s basketball assistant ach for Sarah Lawrence College New York.