Candace parker gay

Two-time WNBA champ Candace Parker decided to talk publicly today about being LGBTQ, her marriage, her wife and their new baby. While the two women married two years ago today, they chose to keep. Is Candace Parker Gay? Candace Parker is indeed part of the LGBTQ community and is happily married to her partner Anna Petrakova. Her wife Anna is a Russian basketball player who was a part of the Russian women’s national basketball team at the Summer Olympics.

Candace Parker said her decision to come out as gay was largely brought about by her love and support for her daughter, Lailaa Nicole. Parker told Time in an interview in In all my time of writing professionally about gay things on the gay internet — 14 years in April — I have never had a piece of news affect me like this: CANDACE PARKER IS GAY!

SHE’S GAY. In , Candace Parker officially retired from the WNBA after a remarkable season career with the Los Angeles Sparks. On June 29, , the team hosted a special halftime ceremony at Crypto. She announced it on Instagram exactly 35 minutes ago, and those two loud thuds you heard, back-to-back, that sounded like thunder that shook the entire earth, were me and Autostraddle Editor in Chief, Carmen Phillips, passing out.

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A post shared by Candace Parker candaceparker. But this is the WNBA, so everyone is rumored to be gay at one point or another. She also became the first woman baller on the cover of NBA2K. And she was a WNBA all-star. I am wearing a Lady Vols National Championship shirt and Candace Parker jersey shorts right this very second, in fact. Congratulations, Candace and Anna and Lailaa!

Thank you for everything, Candace! Truly, for everything! Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram. The second I saw this at work I almost left right then and there to celebrate with my cat and rewatch the Chicago Sky Playoffs run.

This fab news triggered that memory. Inquiring minds…. No, I mean gay. Lots of bi folks refer to themselves as gay. And lots of women who were married to men refer to themselves as lesbians. I went with what felt most inclusive, language being imprecise and constantly evolving and all that. Saw this on IG and came to Autostraddle to verify. Picking myself up off the floor with surprise, but very happy for them. Petrakova looks pregnant, but the post refers to a baby on the way?

What a great year to be a Chicago Sky fan. World champs at basketball and gayness? This is their first baby together. Magnolia, you are very kind. Petrakova is wearing an entirely different dress :O. Randomly learned about this and instantly searched autostraddle after screaming and checking my eyes.

My teenage self is loosing it rn. View this post on Instagram. Before you go! If this article meant something to you today — if it informed you or made you smile or feel seen, will you consider joining AF and supporting the people who make this queer media site possible? Heather has written articles for us.