Are most wnba players gay

Two WNBA couples traded their way into playing on the same team literally and figuratively this season, one of them is Harrison and girlfriend Tasha Cloud. After not getting drafted in , Sherrod signed a training camp contract with the New York Liberty —her standout performance, then bounced around on tiny contracts with the Sky and the LIberty before signing an end-of-season contract with the Liberty in August of Natasha Cloud is, as aforementioned, dating Izzy Harrison, who she says radically transformed her life at a time when she was in need of refocusing.

Throughout its history, this league has established complete support for diversity. As per the recent analysis, there are 38 percent of WNBA gay players, as per the researchgate analysis. Most players are comfortable talking about their sexual orientation publicly, and the league has gained a reputation for having homosexual couples.

Top WNBA Hottie Courtney Williams, who began her WNBA career in and was a key player for the Lynx as they battled for a championship last year, got engaged to her girlfriend, real estate agent Shya, last November, and we were all pretty excited about it — but it does seem they have since broken up.

According to Interbasket, as of , nearly 30% of the league identified as queer, which was down from the 38%. In fact, all but one team features openly queer players – an impressive feat in the sporting world!. Harris was drafted by the Wings in , but played a season at the Sun and one in China before returning to the Wings this year.

Currently, amongst the 12 teams, there are 42 out and proud LGBTQ+ players in the WNBA for the season. Ogunbowale got engaged to her fiance, influencer Lala Ronay , last May. Dijonai Carrington, traded to the Wings from the Sun prior to this season, is dating her now-teammate, Nalyssa Smith.

Yes we queer folks love us some WNBA, but just how LGBTQ+ is it? Chelsea and her wife, Tipsea Gray , had a baby in February of Bell has been with the Aces since the , when she was drafted by them 11th overall. The Phoenix Mercury was the WNBA team with the most gay players in (six) and despite losing several of them —Brittney Griner to the Dream, Natasha Cloud to the Liberty and Diana Taurasi.

Griner became the first out gay college player drafted to the WNBA when she went first to the Phoenix Mercury in , and was traded to the Dream ahead of the season. She became an Azerbaijani citizen in and has competed as a member of their national basketball team and in the Olympics.

They have two children together. So after some extensive research, here is a list of current and former WNBA players that have either come out and/or living authentically as part of the LGBTQIA+ community sorted by last name. They welcomed a baby girl to their family this April.

For my purposes, “Out” means confirmed by the player either in an interview or on their social media. She comes to the Fever this year from the Aces. The legendary Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle, welcomed a baby boy just before the Olympics last year. She and her wife, Tia Cannon, had their first child in , and welcomed twins , a boy and a girl, to their family in April.

The WNBA positions itself in front of professional sports leagues because it presents the most welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ athletes like Diana Taurasi. The answer: Very! Well, when Autostraddle published our very first list of out gay WNBA players several years back, it held merely 15 names.

Smith previously played for the Fever and now is playing alongside her girlfriend, Dijonai Carrington. She joined the Sky for , but opted out in to focus on the Belgian national team — she was the only out lesbian on their Olympics squad. In , she was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks, but was injured shortly thereafter.

The Italian player spent a season with the Minnesota Lynx in and again in , but was picked up by the Lynx in the expansion draft. Here’s a complete list of all out gay players in the league, broken down by team. She has a hot Italian girlfriend, Sara Barbieri.

Kate, who was drafted to the Aces out of college and traded to the Valkyries this year, came out by going public with her relationship to Claire Gransee , with whom Martin attended college. According to a study, about 38% of Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players are gay.

Which WNBA players are gay and how many of them are gay? Belgian baller Julie Allemand was picked up by the Indiana Fever in the draft, but she spent the next three years playing in Europe before returning to the Fever in , but sat out the subsequent year for her mental health.