Meet 29 out LGBTQ players for the WNBA Playoffs
LGBTQ fans have lots of players to cheer for during the WNBA Playoffs, a feast for women's basketball fans. The post Meet 29 out LGBTQ players for the WNBA Playoffs appeared first on Outsports.
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The top eight teams are set for the WNBA Playoffs, and perhaps more importantly, we’ve got 29 out gay, lesbian, bi and queer players to cheer on.
Regardless of which team you’re rooting for, each has at least one out player, with Minnesota, New York and Phoenix each having five. It’s a fact that a gay will win every single game. That’s just how sports math works.
The WNBA playoffs are longer than ever this season, as the league will implement a best-of-three games first round, best-of-five games second round and best-of-seven games final series. It means not only more basketball, it also guarantees each playoff team at least one game in front of their home crowd.
The playoffs start Sept. 14 and continue through mid-October.
Without further adieu, here’s every out player in the 2025 WNBA playoffs, sorted by team.
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Minnesota Lynx
DiJonai Carrington (Gay Bonus! Carrington is dating Ace’s NaLyssa Smith.)
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Thomas proposed to Bonner shortly after the two played in the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Aces
NaLyssa Smith, Las Vegas Aces (Gay Bonus! Smith is dating Lynx’s DiJonai Carrington.)
Atlanta Dream
Phoenix Mercury
DeWanna Bonner (Gay Bonus! Bonner is engaged to teammate Alyssa Thomas.)
New York Liberty
Natasha Cloud (Gay Bonus! Cloud is dating teammate Isabelle Harrison.)
Marine Johannès (Gay Bonus! Johannès is dating Storm’s Gabby Williams.)
Golden State Valkyries
Indiana
Seattle Storm
Gabby Williams (Gay Bonus! Williams is dating Liberty’s Marine Johannès.)
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