Battle of the same sex: Byears lawsuit outs WNBA conflict on gay issue

[kweerwolf]

Four in the morning near Istanbul and Latasha Byears is hearing the news for the first time: Sheryl Swoopes has come forward and told the world she is a lesbian. She will hide no longer.

"Really? Really? Congratulations to Sheryl! I'm proud of her. I'm proud of all those women. Sheryl Swoopes came out? That's lovely. That's a beautiful thing," Byears says.

And then there is weariness in her voice, possibly from the tournament she has just played in Siberia, probably from the last two years of her life. It's hard to believe she hadn't heard. This is wonderful for Swoopes she says, wonderful for the WNBA.

"But my name is Latasha Byears," she says, "and it's totally different."

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/360672p-307227c.html

[Ayesha]

1. It's all about the $

...and she's got it backwards. Kobe was kept on because of money and sexism. She got what they both deserved.