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#TakeActionTuesday: Yesterday marked the start of Lesbian Visibility Week — a time to honor trailblazers, celebrate accomplishments, and show solidarity with lesbian girls and women across sports. 🏳️‍🌈 We are grateful for the women who overcame barriers and paved the way for greater inclusion, like: 🎾Billie Jean King: Founder of the Women's Sports Foundation and the Women’s Tennis Association. A tennis icon and 39-time Grand Slam champion, King has long used her platform to advocate for gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights. 🏉Phaidra Knight: WSF Past President, current WSF Captain, pro MMA fighter and the 2010 USA Rugby Player of the Decade. Knight is the only African American to be a member of both World Rugby and USA Rugby Hall of Fames. 🏈Katie Sowers: A football coach and formerly an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers, where she made history in 2020 as the first openly gay and first woman to coach in a Super Bowl. WSF is grateful for the history they have made an...

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