Layshia Clarendon is an American former professional basketball player, broadcaster, and advocate whose career combines elite basketball with LGBTQ+ visibility, racial justice, player advocacy, and community leadership.

American professional basketball player and social justice advocate who has built a career as a guard in the WNBA. A 2019 WNBA champion and three-time All-Defensive selection, Cloud is known for her defense, playmaking, leadership, and activism. She currently plays for the Chicago Sky and has publicly identified as bisexual.

Brittney Griner is an American professional basketball player and one of the most accomplished centers in WNBA history. Known for her defensive presence, shot blocking, scoring, and athleticism, she has built a decorated career in the WNBA and internationally while becoming one of the most visible Black lesbian athletes in professional sports.

Cappie Pondexter is a former WNBA player and Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer who won two WNBA championships and an Olympic gold medal and became a seven-time All-Star and publicly out queer athlete.

Sheryl Swoopes is a Hall of Fame basketball player who helped establish the WNBA, becoming its first player signed and winning three MVP awards, four championships with the Houston Comets, and three Olympic gold medals.

Seimone Augustus is an African-American basketball player and coach whose career includes four WNBA championships, three Olympic gold medals, and induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. She currently serves as an assistant coach for LSU women's basketball.

Angel McCoughtry is a Black lesbian former WNBA player, two-time Olympic gold medalist, filmmaker, producer, and media personality. The No. 1 overall selection in the 2009 WNBA Draft, she became a five-time WNBA All-Star, two-time scoring champion, and seven-time All-Defensive Team honoree before expanding her career into film, sports media, and storytelling.

Briann January is a former WNBA player and current assistant coach whose career includes a WNBA championship, an All-Star selection, seven All-Defensive Team honors, and documented community work supporting LGBTQ+ youth. She currently serves as an assistant coach for the Indiana Fever.

DeWanna Bonner is a professional basketball player whose 17-season WNBA career includes two championships, six All-Star selections, and three Sixth Player of the Year awards. A longtime Phoenix Mercury star, she is one of the most accomplished players in WNBA history.

Chamique Holdsclaw is an African-American basketball player, Hall of Famer, and mental-health advocate who became one of the WNBA’s most prominent players during its early years.

Renee Montgomery is a former WNBA player, sports executive, team owner, broadcaster, entrepreneur, and social justice advocate. A two-time WNBA champion and former All-Star, she became the first former WNBA player to hold both an ownership stake and an executive position with a WNBA team.

Olympic gold medalist and WNBA All-Star best known as one of the greatest all-around players in league history, redefining the forward position through elite playmaking, defense, and versatility.