Wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden, widely considered “the fastest woman in the world,” brought her Paralympic medal count to 22 in this year’s games, making her the most-decorated U.S. track and field athlete in either the Paralympics or Olympics. She was also raised by two moms!
Did you know that the U.S. Paralympics Track & Field co-captain was raised by two moms? And that there are at least five queer parent Paralympians also competing in Paris this week? Let’s meet them!
Although queer parents made up a small fraction of the record-breaking number of out queer athletes at the Paris Olympics, an astonishingly high percentage of them came home with medals. Meet them here—and see some of the kids’ reactions to their parents’ new hardware!
As the Olympics roll on, let’s celebrate with some recent board, picture, chapter, and middle grade books featuring LGBTQ athletes and sports themes! Check out these exciting biographies and imaginative fiction titles.
Training to be an elite athlete is tough. Parenting is tough. Being a queer person can be tough. Yet some of the athletes and coaches in the Paris Olympics are doing all three, and deserve our special respect and admiration. Here’s a little about them and their families.
WNBA basketball star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and her spouse, attorney Cherelle Griner, are parents! The couple announced the arrival of their first child today, just ahead of the WNBA All-Star Weekend.
WNBA great Candace Parker and wife Anna Petrakova, a former Olympic basketball player for Russia, have announced the birth of their third child with customary flair—and his name includes an homage to legendary college basketball coach Pat Summitt.
Today is the start of the WNBA season and the midst of the inaugural PWHL playoffs. (Go Boston!) Let’s celebrate with a some awesome family photos from queer parents in both leagues—plus a look at a great new middle grade book about a basketball-loving girl with two moms!
WNBA superstar and U.S. Olympian Candace Parker announced her retirement yesterday. She and Russian Olympian Anna Petrakova are raising two children and expecting a third this spring, so of course I have to offer a Mombian take on what she’s shown us about parenthood as well as basketball.
WNBA basketball star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and her spouse, attorney Cherelle Griner, are expecting a child in July, they announced Saturday. They will join a growing number of queer parents in the WNBA—let’s meet some of them and look at their lives as elite athletes and mothers!
