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LESBIANS IN BASKETBALL Sheryl Swoopes, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time MVP of the WNBA, came out publicly as a lesbian in 2005. A superstar in the WNBA, Swoopes is the highest-profile team athlete to come out.     Other out lesbians who played in the WNBA include Michelle Van Gorp and Sue Wicks. To date, no current or former NBA player has come out as gay.

HOOP IT UP Basketball was a featured sport at both the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago and the 2006 Outgames in Montreal. Gay Games hoops photo gallery from Outsports.com     For links to LGBT basketball leagues around the world, see gaybasketball.com     For Toronto's lesbian-positive basketball league, see Rainbow Hoops

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