Cheryl Swoopes

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Was reading the following article by Michelle Voepel taken on ESPN, regarding WNBA star Cheryl Swoopes recent decision to publicly "out" herself...

Swoopes could open door for others to follow

It's a conversation I've had with folks many, many times over the years, as recently as a few days ago. The topic: When will women's basketball be able to deal even semi-honestly with the issue of homosexuality? Usually, there has been some thread of optimism in the discussion that starts with, "Surely, pretty soon, some big star is finally going to say it: 'Look, this is ridiculous. I'm a good person, I'm in love, I'm really happy. What am I afraid of? Yes, I'm gay.'" And now, finally, a player who has defined the past decade-plus of women's basketball -- not just a big star but one of the all-time greatest in the sport -- is stepping forward and saying just that.

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Interesting stuff. Swoopes was always one of my favorite athletes, so I'm curious if anyone else has been following this...

Comments

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

One of the former Steeler quarterbacks got outed but only because he got arrested doing something illegal at the time as well but that's about the only one I knew about.

It's rather sad that it has to even be an issue