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The USA Olympic women’s basketball team is so awesomely queer — and missing one surprising player
Get out of the way, we’re gay!
Today Team USA dropped the roster for the women’s basketball team for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, and it’s so awesomely queer!
Like we needed another reason to be chanting Team USA!
According to The New York Times, the team representing the USA includes forwards A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, and Napheesa Collier along with guards Diana Taurasi, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, and Jackie Young, and finally center Brittney Griner.
Not only is that a stellar lineup but, excitingly, half of them (Stewart, Taurasi, Alyssa Thomas, Griner, Loyd, and Gray) are members of the WNBA who also identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. And that's not all head coach Cheryl Reeve and assistant coach Curt Miller who are joining the team are out as well. The gays are winning, literally.
Also interesting is the name that is absent from this list: Caitlin Clark. Despite gobbling up all the headlines and having a solid first few weeks with Indiana Fever, asOutsports explains, veteran leadership and experience are major factors when assembling the team.
Keep scrolling for a peek at the queer players of Team USA!
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
