But the doubt is a part of their story, it's a hurdle they overcame to become champions. To erase it or to pretend like it never happened erases a significant part of their journey.
Every year, I forget how much I hate this part: the immediate aftermath of the #WNBA Finals where players and fans try to lambast anyone who ever doubted them.
The #Aces are doing it again this year, as they did it after they won in 2023, and just as the #Liberty did last year.
This is it. Very glad to see this full-throated welcome to queer people — and recognition of trans people’s history — from Zohran Mamdani in the closing month of his campaign and on National Coming Out Day.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In fairness, it's the first time that they've killed a queer character (patients notwithstanding). At the same time, though, the sheer number of queer exits on a show that should be a safe space is just hard to take.
Still got work to do to match the success of the Comets and Lynx dynasties but they have the best player in the world as their centerpiece so anything is possible. #wnba
