Gay players in wnba

Here’s a complete list of all out gay players in the league, broken down by team. For my purposes, “Out” means confirmed by the player either in an interview or on their social media.

Which WNBA players are gay and how many of them are gay? Well, when Autostraddle published our very first list of out gay WNBA players several years back, it held merely 15 names. The legendary Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle, welcomed a baby boy just before the Olympics last year.

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.

Most players are comfortable talking about their sexual orientation publicly, and the league has gained a reputation for having homosexual couples. To compile the list of lesbian WNBA players, we considered players who have made this information public. The number of gay WNBA players has been a subject of interest because of the frequency of players who identify as lesbian.

The league is well known to have some of the best pre-game walk-up outfits in all of professional sports, so you’re missing out if you don’t follow at least the @wnba account on Instagram. Here’s a complete list of all out gay players in the league, broken down by team.

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The WNBA celebrated their 25th Anniversary during the season. Not only was their birthday a huge milestone for women’s professional basketball, but the league’s growth has coincided with a growing acceptance of players that identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual [ ].

For those of you who are new, every year I break down the list of athletes who are openly queer in the league. As a queer person who has played basketball my entire life, the off-court drama is always equally as exciting as the on-court display of skills. No matter how masculine presenting someone is, I will not be speculating!