Lesbian mom and basketball superstar Sheryl Swoopes spoke with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer today. She’s playing for the Seattle Storm this season, not her long-time team the Houston Comets. In the article, she talks about how the WNBA’s lack of support for lesbians is “the one thing that’s hurt my feelings more than anything else.” One of the Storm’s new owners, Anne Levinson, said, however, that the league has grown and is doing “a lot of things with marketing to acknowledge and respect the diversity of the fan base.”
Part of what could be driving the change is that Levinson co-owns the Storm with three other women, including Microsoft VP of Human Resources Lisa Brummel, one of the members (along with Swoopes) of my “Most Powerful Lesbian Moms in America” list. The Storm might just have the highest lesbian-mom quotient in the league.
Other happy sports news this week includes the announcement that the Women’s Professional Soccer League will kick off a year from now. After Ellen has the scoop. I’m thrilled there will be a team in Boston; I’m still pining for a WNBA franchise here. You’re also in luck if you’re near Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and maybe San Francisco.
My own soccer news this week is that my son has started his first “serious” soccer class, by which I mean that he now owns shin pads and cleats. Lesbian soccer moms unite!
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Happinesses
We here in Atlanta are lucky enough to have one of the WNBA expansion teams starting here this season, the Atlanta Dream.
My partner volunteered with the effort to woo a team here, and while I wouldn’t say there’s been homophobia in any of the marketing efforts thus far, I haven’t seen much awareness of the lesbian community as a core element of the fan base either.
We are still hopeful that what we’re seeing is the steep end of the learning curve for a new franchise. As season ticket holders, we’ll certainly be paying attention.
Welcome to queer soccer-mom-dom. It’s all about the gear! I suspect that my youngest became a goalie so he could have more stuff.
You get to buy new shoes, too. That’s one of the benefits. Check your handbook!
I too am a Lesbian Soccer Mom. At least I don’t have a minivan…yet…