A top WNBA player admits being gay

One thing i don't get how can a person become Gay when you wore Married and have a kid??You don't wake up one day and say i am GAY.You ethier born as GAY or you are not gay you mitt be Bi but not gay

Posted on Wed, Oct. 26, 2005



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Comets' Swoopes admits being gay

Associated Press


NEW YORK - Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes is opening up about being a lesbian, telling a magazine that she's "tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about."

Swoopes, honored last month as the WNBA's Most Valuable Player, told ESPN The Magazine for a story on newsstands Wednesday that she didn't always know she was gay and fears that coming out could jeopardize her status as a role model.

"Do I think I was born this way? No," Swoopes said. "And that's probably confusing to some, because I know a lot of people believe that you are."

Swoopes, who was married and has an 8-year-old son, said her 1999 divorce "wasn't because I'm gay."

She said her reason for coming out now is merely because she wants to be honest.

"It's not something that I want to throw in people's faces. I'm just at a point in my life where I'm tired of having to pretend to be somebody I'm not," the 34-year-old Swoopes said. "I'm tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about. About the person I love."

A release from ESPN The Magazine about the story did not disclose the identity of Swoopes' partner.

A five-time All-Star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Swoopes is the WNBA's only three-time MVP. She played for the Comets during their run of four championships from 1997-2000, but missed the 2001 season with a knee injury.

She said her biggest worry about her revelation is that people will be afraid to look up to her.

"I don't want that to happen," she said. "Being gay has nothing to do with the three gold medals or the three MVPs or the four championships I've won. I'm still the same person. I'm Sheryl."

Swoopes led the WNBA in scoring last year, averaging 18.6 points. She also averaged 4.3 assists and 2.65 steals while making 85 percent of her free throws and playing a league-high 37.1 minutes a game.

She said it "irritates" her that no one talks about gays playing in men's sports, but that it's become an issue in the WNBA.

"Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court," she said. "Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive."

 

A lesbian in the WNBA? Didn't see that one coming....

 

lol, this is the only way they could get this shit league on the front of espn.com. It even pushed the longest game in world series history to a sidebar note.

 

I think there is about 20% of the player in the WNBA that are Les.I think there is more Les player in the WNBA then they are Gay player in the NBA

 

wonder which has more, the WNBA, the LPGA, and WPBA, or Women's Volleyball?

 

I'd be more interested in hearing which Miss USA pageant contestants are lesbos myself.

Watching two WNBA players get it on? :1peekdoor

 

Dam, does that mean that there are some gay players on the LPGA tour???????


Could have fooled me!

 

One more lady Dukey doesn't have a chance with

 

only 20%?...i bet its more. The gay players in the NBA are downlow.

 

Very funny.Joke a way for a 2nd she is a very ugly woman in my view so even if she was not Les i would never ever date her