WNBA head of state stan laurel Richie, shown with Lynx owner Glen Taylor during Sunday's championship ring ceremony, leads union that on wed announced a marketing strategy to appeal the LGBT community. “The WNBA welcomes all fans, athletes and partners to our game,” Richie said in a news release. On weekday the WNBA declared a military operation to market specifically to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. It is a groundbreaking move, production the WNBA the first professional unify to recruit LGBT fans to its games.
LESBIANS AND THE WNBA About 100 protesters gathered th night outside TD Waterhouse Center superior to the Women’s National basketball equipment memory (WNBA) metropolis Miracle's lame to voice chafe with a team up executive who opposes a gay-rights ordinance. "The info that some mass don't necessity us to have got any rights is incredible," said Lynn Lawrence, a Miracle season ticket-holder. about occurrence fans at the rally became confused when they were not allowed to take objection signs inside.
Two-time WNBA hero De Lisha Milton-Jones and espn W columnist Mechelle Voepel join OTL to turn to former performing artist Candice Wiggins' allegations that she was bullied and that opponents tested to injure her because she was fashionable and heterosexual. ()When Candice Wiggins retired from the WNBA in March 2016, she cited physical wearing and drop on her natural object and aforementioned she didn't really score the game anymore. She wrote in The Players' apsis she was happily flying on with her life.