Layshia Clarendon, the WNBA's 1st nonbinary player, announces retirement

History-making WNBA player Layshia Clarendon is hanging up her sneakers.

The guard, who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks and uses he/she/they pronouns, made history in 2015 when they came out as "non-cisgender" and is credited as the first out trans and nonbinary player in the WNBA.

Clarendon was drafted by the Indiana Fever as the ninth overall pick in the 2013 draft and has also played for Atlanta, Connecticut, New York, Minnesota, and most recently, Los Angeles. Unfortunately, since 2019, much of her career has been marred by injuries.

In 2021 they again made history when they became the first WNBA player to get top surgery. "On January 13th at 10am I hugged my wife in front of my surgery building, walked in and took a deep breath... The day was finally here. The day I got to have Top Surgery!!!!!" they wrote at the time.

Now, they're reflecting on their career in a new social media post, talking about their retirement.




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