A WNBA playoff game featured three couples on the court this week

The WNBA has a lot going for it: stunning feats of athleticism, an activist track record, a higher vaccination rate than basically any other pro sports league and some pretty amazing storylines.

There’s also queer folks—a lot of queer folks. And those queers were on full display this week as the Connecticut Sun faced the Chicago Sky in the WNBA semifinals. The Sky beat the Sun 79-69 and will head to the WNBA finals this week. 

And their victory came in a game featuring not one, not two, but three couples on the court at the same time. It’s the triple crown of basketball wives—or at least a pair of wives, a pair of fiancées and a pair of girlfriends, if you want to get technical about it.

A recap for the unaware: the WNBA is queer. Like, super queer. The folks over at Autostraddle have long done the good lord’s work of keeping track of the various queer players in the league, from legends like Sue Bird to new trailblazers like the openly trans and non-binary Layshia Clarendon. 

While the NFL is celebrating its first openly gay active player in Carl Nassib, the WNBA is out here schooling them all, with a bunch of openly queer players. And that was on full display during Wednesday night’s Game 4.

Connecticut teammates Natisha Heideman and Jasmine Thomas are engaged.

While their teammates Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are dating. And across the court, Chicago Sky teammates Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley are married.

Only five players from each roster are on the court at the same time, so it was no guarantee that we’d get that perfect queer moment. But obviously, when all three couples were finally on the court together during the pivotal Game 4 on Wednesday, it was cause for celebration.

Wife passing to wife, fiancée assisting fiancée—this is what we need in every sport. And on top of it, Vandersloot broke the WNBA playoffs assist record ON A PASS TO HER OWN WIFE. 

The Sky will face the winner of the Phoenix Mercury vs. Las Vegas Aces semifinal in the best-of-five WNBA finals starting Sunday, where there will certainly continue to be queer excellence on display. 

Let’s go lesbians, let’s go!