This was thee most disheartening story of all time. Who would think that you could be bullied for being straight. Well Candice Wiggins a successful and now retired WNBA player opened up about being bullied while in the WBNA for being heterosexual, explaining how she didn’t fit in well with the culture since about 98% of the WBNA are homosexuals.
Heres some of what Candice had to say
“Me being heterosexual and straight, and being vocal in my identity as a straight woman was huge,” Wiggins said. “I would say 98 percent of the women in the WNBA are gay women. It was a conformist type of place. There was a whole different set of rules they (the other players) could apply. There was a lot of jealousy and competition, and we’re all fighting for crumbs. The way I looked, the way I played – those things contributed to the tension.”
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