Comments on: Swoopes: coming out “scary” and “positive” http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2008/05/02/swoopes-coming-out-scary-and-positive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=swoopes-coming-out-scary-and-positive Jock Talk Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:25 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Nancy Ford http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2008/05/02/swoopes-coming-out-scary-and-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Nancy Ford Wed, 07 May 2008 15:17:07 +0000 http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/?p=928#comment-1893 Thanks for this fine blog, Ryan, and I'm glad Sheryl Swoopes is doing well, but she's far from the only openly gay professional player in the WNBA: http://outsmartmagazine.com/cms-this_issue/200805--Free+Agent.html?PHPSESSID=062f49d92c3bc5f6ed1cdeb12ccb4e47 Thanks for this fine blog, Ryan, and I’m glad Sheryl Swoopes is doing well, but she’s far from the only openly gay professional player in the WNBA:

http://outsmartmagazine.com/cms-this_issue/200805–Free+Agent.html?PHPSESSID=062f49d92c3bc5f6ed1cdeb12ccb4e47

]]> By: canmark http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2008/05/02/swoopes-coming-out-scary-and-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 canmark Mon, 05 May 2008 23:30:39 +0000 http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/?p=928#comment-1870 It's a shame Sheryl Swoopes didn't get the media attention she deserves as a role model and the first star player in a major league team sport to come out while still playing. If the gay media would pay even a tenth of the attention they pay to the Arts & Entertainment world to sports, it would benefit young LGBT people (and probably open the eyes of some straight people, too). It’s a shame Sheryl Swoopes didn’t get the media attention she deserves as a role model and the first star player in a major league team sport to come out while still playing. If the gay media would pay even a tenth of the attention they pay to the Arts & Entertainment world to sports, it would benefit young LGBT people (and probably open the eyes of some straight people, too).

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