So just looked up who was coaching Tech. Shimmy Gray-Miller the assistant coach is the interim coach. Sure most knew this and maybe it was talked about.
What I find amazing is in LUBBOCK, TX. they can have an assistant coach who is an out lesbian and married to her partner. She even has a blog in which she has discussed it.
PLEASE do not read if you do not want to do so. I thought it was interesting and relevant to everything going on in our country today....which includes women's basketball. Not trying to offend anyone. I understand that much of what people believe and accept depends on their experiences, who they work with, socialize with, what towns they live in, etc.
http://www.coachshimmy.com/blog.html
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"No, seriously.
In spite of the fact that our President is a Twitter troll and the entire presidency is a reality show filmed in the White House...and on a golf course. Regardless of how many Confederate flags still proudly fly or Confederate statues still pridefully stand. Despite Colin Kapernick not having a job...and the reason WHY...I am proud to be an American. Absolutely.
Recently I was in Australia. And every time I turned on the TV in the hotel room or saw the billboards on my daily commute, I got a glimpse of what goes on on the other side of my world. In Australia, it's the same sex marriage debate. Right now in Australia, a survey is being distributed to all qualified citizens asking them to check yes or no on whether they think same sex marriage should be allowed. I can't help but notice my shiny, yet modest, wedding ring and band on my left ring finger as I type this blog. The wedding ring that I will NEVER take for granted. Especially when my travels bring me to countries that on the surface, seem so together and progressive, but internally are just as much of a hot mess as our country, or any other country for that matter. I've been married for a little over a year. I remember the moment the U.S. Supreme Court made it possible for me to live my life "happily ever after." One year in, I can't imagine not being allowed to have this right. I can't imagine my relationship deduced to a checkmark...an opinion from a stranger that doesn't know me and has never walked a day in my shoes.
I realize that with the appointment of the next Supreme Court Justice, my right to be married to whomever I chose can be taken away from me, but right now, at this moment, I am an American citizen and I am legally married to a woman. And that makes me proud to be an American.
Charlottesville was really messed up. Ferguson was really messed up. What's going on in St. Louis right now is really messed up. Repealing Obamacare and the awful plan in place to replace it is really messed up. I can go on and on. We all can. But let's not. Because going on and on can be quite depressing...
But I love being an American. And I choose love over hate any day."
AND at Oklahoma we can't even acknowledge that the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is promoting gay rights. The organization of which Sherry served as president."
IS OKLAHOMA really more bigoted than West Texas? Are there just a few people at OU in control that do not want to offend our alumi?
Still great news that Shimmy Gray-Miller is out, proud and speaking about the issues and using the platform she has. I agree with her. Love over hate any day. There are so many lonely people in the world, I just do not understand why someone cares who someone else loves. And I am not talking about people who are not peers in age, nor someone being forced into a relationship even if the age is legal.
Personally, I feel everyone is on a continuum. A line that has people who could only be straight at one end and those who could only be homosexual on the other, but that most of us fall on different places along that line. However, because we are socialized to be straight, people do not realize it that they could be attracted to someone of the same sex.
jmo