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WNBA player Breanna Stewart and wife receive homophobic threats after Game 1 of finals

The power forward for the New York Liberty said that her wife, Marta Xargay, received the intimidating message over email after her performance in the Friday match.

Sue Bird Leads Team to WNBA Finals While Playing With Broken Nose

LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are bowing down to the queen of basketball.

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.

Brittney Griner Re-signs With Phoenix Mercury for the Upcoming Season

Griner spent 10 months in Russian jail and was released in December in a prisoner exchange.

Olympics Point Out Big Disparity in Basketball

Out women basketball players competing in the Olympics speak out about why there is not a single out player in the NBA.

42 Sports Figures Back Marriage Equality in Court Brief

The sports figures argue that legalizing marriage equality will give a bigger opportunity for professional athletes to feel comfortable coming out.

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.

Senior White House Adviser: Team Effort Won Brittney Griner’s Release

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta and the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, on the herculean effort that resulted in Griner's freedom.

 

A simple question for Trump and the GOP — ‘Do you see me as a human?’ — has an unsettling answer

It took one nonbinary student to distill all the hateful anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and ads into the most consequential question for us in this election, John Casey writes.

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.

Chicago Sky's Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley Are Married

Both guards for the WNBA team the Chigago Sky, the women had a quiet wedding in Seattle this week.
 

WNBA Great Sue Bird Retires After Emotional Farewell

The out professional basketball player made history on and off the court.

Out Basketball Legend Seimone Augustus Retires From WNBA

The eight-time all-star, who won four WNBA titles with the Minnesota Lynx, already announced her future plans.

Report: WNBA Stars Told Not to 'Fuss' Over Brittney Griner Arrest

Retired basketball icon Lisa Leslie is speaking out.

Brittney Griner Finally Allowed Visit with U.S. Diplomats in Russia

Russia had made it difficult to get access to the out WNBA star, who has been detained in the country since February.

Candace Parker, queer WNBA legend, is retiring 'privately with the ones I love'

Parker, who is also a mom of two with her wife, Anna Petrakova, announced she will not be returning to the game.

Charles Barkley: Move Final Four Out of Indiana

Should big sports events leave states where it's legal to discriminate against LGBT fans and players?

Brittney Griner's Detention In Russian Jail Extended Again

The WNBA superstar is reportedly being investigated for the "large-scale transportation of drugs" and faces up to 10 years in jail.

U.S. Reps Meet Brittney Griner for 1st Time Since Arrest, Give Update

It's the first time a U.S. official has been able to meet with the basketball star since her arrest at a Moscow airport in February.

Peppermint & WNBA's Chelsea Gray on LGBTQ+ History & 'How We Got Here'

LGBTQ+ history, gender representation, and the intersections of being Black and queer are packed into a fascinating short video set by Freeform. 

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.