Why are so many wnba players gay

Candice Wiggins celebrates a win in The WNBA has historically been the most forward-thinking sports league in America when it comes to gay rights. The league has actively courted LGBTQ fans.

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.

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.

With the WNBA draft, and the fab orange carpets fits, in the rear view mirror, and the new season underway, it’s time to take a look at all of the LGBTQ + players in the league this year.

Candice Wiggins celebrates a win in The WNBA has historically been the most forward-thinking sports league in America when it comes to gay rights. The league has actively courted LGBTQ fans.

However, other than the fact that male sports fans will often get more violent if there's any out gay men that are sports players, there's different gender factors. From what I have noticed, a lot of guys tend to be more self policing of themselves and other guys when it comes to anything that could be considered gay.

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.

WNBA players had to hide their gender and sexuality in the past, but things has changed as the league openly embraced LBGTQ+ rights.