The Tip Off: A beginners guide to the WNBA
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April 20, 2024
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Meet all 37 of the queer women in this season's WNBA
These players may just make the upcoming season the best yet!
April 17, 2024
College Hoops Star Brittney Griner Comes Out
Baylor University's Brittney Griner, the WNBA's number one draft pick, comes out.
April 18, 2013
Meet the 29 LGBTQ+ athletes making waves in the 2025 WNBA playoffs
No matter which team is victorious, a queer athlete is taking home the trophy!
September 16, 2025
Layshia Clarendon, the WNBA's 1st nonbinary player, announces retirement
"The time has come for my basketball career to end," they said in a social media post.
September 22, 2024
WNBA legends Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley welcome first baby
Baby Jana is the newest member of their team!
May 12, 2025
Britney Griner's Russia Detention Was Just Extended — Here's How Long
The out WNBA star has already been in Russian custody for three months.
May 13, 2022
Women's sports bars are on a winning streak and 'slaying the trolls'
When Jenny Nguyen opened The Sports Bra in 2022, she started a movement: Bars that only show women’s sports. Now, fandom and pay are rapidly growing — and it’s time for the Olympics.
July 26, 2024
Nike To Unveil Gay Pride Sneaker
Nike's shoe will help the athletic giant reach the goal of ending anti-LGBT discrimination by 2016.
June 8, 2013
Brittney Griner Stands Up To Bullies
The same taunts targeting Brittney Griner in seventh grade persist today, but she says she's motivated to help other kids feel secure and confident with their own identities
May 6, 2013
Baylor Univ. Alters Antigay Sexual Conduct Code
Students voted to change wording in the school's sexual code of conduct, to stop discriminating specifically against gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.
October 25, 2013
Op-ed: Can Jason Collins Do for LGBTs What Ellen Can't?
The sports world has been waiting for a gay professional athlete to come out publicly. And there was good reason to hope the moment would star an African-American male.
May 7, 2013
Robbie Rogers Returns: First Openly Gay Footballer
The American-born soccer star signed a deal to play with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday.
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May 25, 2013
Op-ed: Brittney Griner Does Not Need Your Makeup Tips
Why are we scared of female athletes who question the narrow views of what it means to be female?
November 12, 2013
From Glenn Burke to Brittney Griner: The State of Pride in Sports
Marriage equality isn't the only realm in LGBT rights that has changed in the last 40 years.
July 3, 2013
Op-ed: No More Chastity Diplomas
Why can't religious colleges stop policing sex among students?
November 7, 2013
2013: The Year in Coming Out
It was a big year for Hollywood coming out stories, even bigger for sports, and for protesting Russia's antigay laws. Let this list of 2013's comings out inspire you.
December 31, 2013
Reason to Have Pride: WNBA's Seimone Augustus
We came out, we saw ourselves in media, and we conquered hearts and minds in the last year. From major wins to small victories, here is the first of four parts of 181 reasons to feel proud of not being straight and narrow.
May 15, 2012
Person of the Year: The Finalists
Person of the Year Finalists: We limited ourselves to selecting the 10 who were most influential on LGBT lives this year, and the resulting list of consequential figures represents the best of 2013.
December 16, 2013
WNBA Becomes First American Pro League to Target LGBT Fans
In tandem with pride season, the WNBA will officially embrace its LGBT fans.
May 28, 2014
Brittney Griner, Fiancée Glory Johnson Arrested After Fight
The women were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct.
April 23, 2015