Dawn, who has never identified as a lesbian, has been greeted with open arms by the LGBTQ community.
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Suffice it to say that the admiration is reciprocal. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune in 2014, the former WNBA legend emphasized the necessity of embracing the LGBTQ population, saying:
“You want to help any town that embraces this league. I believe the WNBA will accept any group that supports their organization.”Nobody was astonished when Dawn’s openly lesbian assistant at USC, Melanie Balcomb, told the story of how Dawn had welcomed both her girlfriend and their children in a 2017 New York Times interview. Melanie revealed the following: “We weren’t welcomed everywhere, but Dawn welcomed me and my family. It’s been an incredible experience.”
Dawn, whose parents were originally from South Carolina, made news in 2018 for a different reason. She and Missouri athletics director Jim Strek reached an agreement in February to resolve her defamation complaint.
