Lesbians are an important part of the fan base for the WNBA. Many of the players are out, and fans have a safe place to be out and proud.
But that wasn’t always the case. Not too long ago, Rachel Corbman says, the WNBA was trying to brand itself very differently.
Corbman is a humanities professor at Arizona State University and a historian of feminist and queer social movements. She’s also one of the coordinators of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. With them, she helped curate an exhibit recently celebrating the lesbian fans of the New York Liberty, a team she’s been a fan of her whole life.
Jed Samer
More Arizona Sports + Recreation news
-
Phoenix is facing a lawsuit following a new ordinance restricting food distribution and medical care to people in need at parks. -
The 2026 World Cup gets underway on Thursday; the first game will be in Mexico City, as one of the co-hosts, Mexico, takes on South Africa. Team USA has its first game on Friday against Paraguay. -
Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker was recently spotted working the drive-thru at the McDonald’s in Sedona. But Booker wasn’t just serving Big Macs and fries. Last week, he handed out pairs of his latest Nike Book 2 sneaker. -
There are many murals in downtown Phoenix — and one in particular honors a speedy event that happened 35 years ago. Here's why it's there. -
A small section of the Salt River is wet and lush only minutes from downtown Phoenix. The area near the Rio Salado Audubon Center is rare oasis of water in the mostly-dry river bed.
