by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) issued a statement Tuesday in support of LGBTQIA+ rights in the wake of a controversy over midfielder Korbin Albert’s social media posts. The 20-year-old Albert apologized last month for...
by admin | Feb 5, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Bisexual and pansexual figure skater Amber Glenn won the U.S. women’s figure skating championship on Jan. 26, becoming the first queer woman to take the gold medal. “Being the first openly queer women’s champion is incredible,” said Glenn in a post-competition...
by admin | Jul 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
“You can’t win a championship without gays on your team – it’s never been done before, ever,” said USWNT’s Megan Rapinoe at the last Women’s World Cup in 2019. “That’s ‘science’, right there.” And she was proved right: her side went on to win their fourth World Cup....
by admin | Sep 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Daria Kasatkina has dismissed suggestions that her sexuality was influenced by “LGBTQ+ propaganda” and Western culture while she also admits the overall feedback since coming out as a lesbian has been very positive. On the back of Russian footballer Nadezhda Karpova...
by admin | Aug 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Elena Delle Donne, 32, is a professional basketball player for the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, who were swept in the first round of the 2022 playoffs. She helped the team win its first championship in 2019; is a three-time starting all-star, two-time MVP, and rookie of...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Daria Kasatkina, Russia’s highest-ranked female tennis player, has come out as gay in a video interview posted online on Monday. The current world No 12 told Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko that she is in a relationship with a woman and found “living in the closet”...
by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
While interviewing to be WNBA president in 2011, Laurel J. Richie had a marketing question for Adam Silver, then the NBA’s deputy commissioner. She thought she knew the right answer but wasn’t sure what the NBA would say. Richie, certain the WNBA needed to...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
“I should have been on the team. If I’m really honest about it, I think I was cut from the ‘92 team because I was gay. Because I think there were rumors about me, and one of the coaches was close to a coach who was very, very anti-gay.” Jennifer Azzi shared this...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Teen tennis star Coco Gauff has voiced her opposition to a bill in her home state of Florida that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity for many young students. “I’m against it,” Gauff told reporters Wednesday...
by admin | Dec 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The North Carolina Courage have apologized to fans upset by the recent signing of Jaelene Daniels, the player who made headlines for refusing a U.S. women’s national team call-up over rainbow-themed gay pride jerseys. The Courage announced on Sunday that the...
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