Sheryl Swoopes gay??!?!? :shock:

by **Malfa** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:38 am

Three-time MVP 'tired of having to hide my feelings'

Calling life in the closet "miserable," three-time Olympic gold medalist and reigning WNBA MVP Sheryl Swoopes announced she is gay in an exclusive interview in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine.

"My reason for coming out isn't to be some sort of hero," Swoopes, a forward with the Houston Comets, says in the article. "I'm just at a point in my life where I'm tired of having to pretend to be somebody I'm not. I'm tired of having to hide my feelings about the person I care about. About the person I love.

"Male athletes of my caliber probably feel like they have a lot more to lose than gain [by coming out]. I don't agree with that. To me, the most important thing is happiness."

Swoopes, 34, is the most recognizable athlete, male or female, to come out in a team sport. Former WNBA player Michele Van Gorp, who played for the Minnesota Lynx, publicly acknowledged she is a lesbian in July 2004. Before Van Gorp, former Liberty player Sue Wicks had been the only member of a female professional team to publicly come out while still playing. Previously, Swoopes has said she plans to continue her career.

by **Cloudy** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:59 am

She's gay? Does it mean she's lesbian?

by **Fenix** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:01 am

Kobe, now it's your time!

But seriously, would you root for MJ if he was gay?

by **Malfa** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:04 am

Cloudy wrote:She's gay? Does it mean she's lesbian?

Are you retarded?

by **Cloudy** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:06 am

No, I really don't know that they're same or are they different.

by **Null17** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:19 am

Cloudy, yes she is. Gay is considered to be a generic term for homosexuality so lesbians are gay. While homosexual males don't really have an exclusive term for them :lol:

Anyway, is this Swoopes person hot? and is she good?

Edit: did some research...she's pretty good....and nevermind my first question :lol:

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:40 am

Anyway, is this Swoopes person hot?

No.

is she good?

Damn YES.

But seriously, would you root for MJ if he was gay?

Yes. I would still root for him.
Freddie Mercury was gay but I still like the music he made with Queen.

That revelation of Swoopes isn't much of a surprise for me in the basketball world with the antics of Dennis Rodman and all.

by **Fenix** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:46 am

She's decent (for a female playa). I personally find all these WNBA players fugly. Too fat, too damn ugly.

by **cklitsie** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:15 am

VanK wrote:I personally find all these WNBA players fugly. Too fat, too damn ugly.

Sue Bird..

by **Fenix** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:24 am

You're fuckin' kidding, right? She's fine, but no one would notice her if she was just a regular babe. She's not by any means hot.

by **cklitsie** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:07 am

Did I say she was hot? You said all WNBA players are fugly.
Well sue bird isn't an amazingly beautiful chick but she's not fugly by any means.

by **gnohgnek** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:18 am

well, honestly...
Sue Bird isn't the hot type, she is the charming type and she has the most beautiful smile in the whole WNBA.
for me atleast.
and yes, i like to date that kind of girls.

and as for Sheryl Swoopes...
man, that's a shock.

by **cyanide** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:21 am

Wow, I didn't expect this. What's going to happen to her hubby (if she has one)? I know she has a kid.

by **Amphatoast** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:33 am

wow this is a suprise.

by **putodelagoa** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:20 am

Good looking lesbians are hot (Y)

Ugly ones are not (N)

Anyway, who cares? :mrgreen:

by **cklitsie** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:46 am

putodelagoa wrote:Good looking lesbians are hot
Ugly ones are not
Anyway, who cares?

LMAO! http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product ... ductid=286 :mrgreen:

by **dada** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:49 am

i wonder if chicks in the league are gonna D Swoopes up even tighter next season.

by **Rip32** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:54 am

Luaren Jackson = HOTT

by **j.23** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:55 am

sue bird and becky hammon could both get it.

by **J-Smoove** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:59 am

quite shocked that swoopes is lesbian. still a great player. glad she's standin up to what she believes in.

becky hammon and lauren jackson are BABES. sue birds.. egh.

deanna nolan or swin cash are FINE too.

diana taurisi :lol:

by **Its_asdf** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:03 am

Eww. I bet she has cooties.

This announcement pretty much came out of the blue, and I don't really get why people think she's hot.

I don't find that very attractive.

The women in the WNBA are pretty much jocks; I'd never date any one of them nor do I find any of them attractive.

by **dada** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:20 am

how much do they get paid? what range?

by **Anthony15** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:58 am

damn...without the hair swoopes looks like a guy, maybe she is a heshe...lol

by **Jona** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:27 am

That's a lot of pressure removed from her shoulders, I'm glad she finally came out. (Y)

by **Wormy10** on Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:10 am

Cloudy wrote:She's gay? Does it mean she's lesbian?

Hehe

Oh you were serious?

Sheryl Swoopes gay??!?!? :shock:

Sheryl Swoopes gay??!?!? :shock:

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