Gender Fuck Thursday: StudBudz Edition

As you well know, I’m not much for the sportball. But I have been coming to the slow realization in recent years that it’s not sports I dislike watching, it’s men playing sports. Women playing sports, well, that’s something entirely different. So imagine my delight at the unabashed queer joy that was the StudBudz 72-hour live stream during WBNA All-Star Weekend. For the uninitiated the StudBudz are Minnesota Lynx ballers and besties Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman. I can’t get into all the shenanigans and couple confirmations but it was popular enough to get The New York Times to write a “Who are the StudBuz” thinkpiece. Which in this political climate feels like a real, solid win. Two out queer Black women, two masc female athletes, two unabashed studs being celebrated for being joyous and authentic ambassadors for their league – which just happens to be filled with other queer and Black women who kick ass on the court. Yeah, I don’t hate sports. I love women’s sports.