This year, Sheryl Swoopes, the three-time WNBA MVP and the first player to be signed with the league when it was created, announced her engagement to a man. This announcement comes six years after she received a lot of media attention after coming out when she announced her relationship with then-partner Alisa Scott.
Since her announcement, some people have questioned her sexual orientation. The news of her engagement has prompted some negative coverage and reactions that accuse her of, essentially, not being gay anymore. One headline calls Swoopes "NSGAA," or "not so gay after all," suggesting that because Swoopes isn't currently in a same-sex relationship, she was never "really" a lesbian or she is "no longer" a lesbian.
The problem is that this approach relies solely on her current relationship status to define her identity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maya-rupert/sheryl-swoopes-marriage_b_909288.html
Since her announcement, some people have questioned her sexual orientation. The news of her engagement has prompted some negative coverage and reactions that accuse her of, essentially, not being gay anymore. One headline calls Swoopes "NSGAA," or "not so gay after all," suggesting that because Swoopes isn't currently in a same-sex relationship, she was never "really" a lesbian or she is "no longer" a lesbian.
The problem is that this approach relies solely on her current relationship status to define her identity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maya-rupert/sheryl-swoopes-marriage_b_909288.html