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Our Faves Are Making ‘Courtside,’ the Gay Basketball Rom-Com of Our Wildest Dreams

We’re getting a super gay basketball rom-com from a super gay creative team filled with Autostraddle’s favorite people! DREAMS DO…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

May 27, 2026

sports

Quiz: Who Is Your Dream WNBA Olympian Basketball Wife?

Plan your own (imaginary) Olympics adventure with this handy quiz and we’ll tell you whomst of the gay WNBA players competing in France is your (hypothetical) Basketball Wife!

Riese

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Jul 21, 2024

sports

Brittney and Cherelle Griner Had a Perfect Baby Boy, You Can Call Brittney “Pops” Now

Brittney Griner and Cherelle Griner’s much-anticipated and definitely perfect baby Bash Raymond Griner is here!

Riese

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Jul 19, 2024

Power of the Dream documentary: five WNBA players link arms wearing shirts that say ARREST THE COPS WHO KILLED BREONNA TAYLOR

movie reviews

New Documentary ‘Power of the Dream’ Is a Reminder of the WNBA’s Core Values

It’s important for new and old fans of the WNBA to understand that while this league has 144 of the best women and nonbinary basketball players in the world, it’s…

Nic and Natalie

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Jun 18, 2024

Gay PWHL: a collage of some of the queer players from the PWHL

sports

All the Queer Hockey Players in the PWHL

Here are the 37 PWHL players I could confirm as queer including two teammate couples and a lot of goalies!

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 22, 2024

Arike Ogunbowale has gotten engaged with Lala Ronay, this image has the WNBA superstar down on one knee proposing.

celebrities (vapid fluff)

WNBA Superstar, Fashion Icon Arike Ogunbowale Is Officially Engayged!

Putting up 35 points and then dropping on your knee to propose that same night? Icons only.

Carmen Phillips

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May 19, 2024

sports

Where To Follow 2024’s Gay WNBA Players On Instagram

After hours of research, here is every out gay WNBA player that I could find, and the hottest picture of them available on their Instagram… for reasons. We’re all grown…

Carmen Phillips

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May 16, 2024

sports

WNBA 101: Everything You Need to Know for Your Hot Sports Summer

I’m going to hand hold you step-by-step through everything you could possibly need to know about the WNBA. From “the Caitlin Clark effect” to the rules of the game, where…

Carmen Phillips

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May 14, 2024

Brittney Griner and Robin Roberts interview

sports

10 Things We Learned From Brittney Griner’s Very Gay, Cathartic Press Tour

In the past week, Brittney Griner has been interviewed by legendary queer journalists and athletes like Robin Roberts, Megan Rapinoe and J Wortham. Here’s what we learned about her imprisonment…

Riese

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May 8, 2024

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Our Faves Are Making ‘Courtside,’ the Gay Basketball Rom-Com of Our Wildest Dreams

Quiz: Who Is Your Dream WNBA Olympian Basketball Wife?

Brittney and Cherelle Griner Had a Perfect Baby Boy, You Can Call Brittney “Pops” Now

New Documentary ‘Power of the Dream’ Is a Reminder of the WNBA’s Core Values

All the Queer Hockey Players in the PWHL

WNBA Superstar, Fashion Icon Arike Ogunbowale Is Officially Engayged!

Where To Follow 2024’s Gay WNBA Players On Instagram

WNBA 101: Everything You Need to Know for Your Hot Sports Summer

10 Things We Learned From Brittney Griner’s Very Gay, Cathartic Press Tour

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