ABSTRACT
On Sunday, August 2, 2002, during a New York Liberty Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) game, a group of New York Liberty women’s basketball fans, ‘Lesbians for Liberty’, staged a kiss-in. In a planned protest of Liberty management policy, specifi cally aimed at the lack of support for Gay Pride Month, Lesbians for Liberty drew attention to the WNBA’s perceived disregard for its large lesbian fan base. Participants did this by, most notably, standing and kissing during breaks in play, and by waving banners stating, ‘Liberty: Lesbian fans fi ll your stands. Liberty for All?’
