INTERVIEW: Layshia Clarendon and the toll of trailblazing

The nonbinary WNBA star opens up about trauma, time off, and making the league more trans-inclusive.

Hi, friends. It’s transgender awareness week, and it’s (unsurprisingly) been a rough one. Texas just unveiled a deluge of anti-transgender bills it plans to pass during the 2023 legislative session; Ohio is currently debating gender-affirming care for trans youth in its state legislature; and former President Donald Trump included multiple attacks on tr…