Los Angeles Sparks guard Layshia Clarendon, who was the WNBA’s first openly transgender and nonbinary player as well as an All-Star in 2017, has retired after 12 seasons.

Clarendon, a leader in the WNBA’s social justice initiatives, the league’s first openly transgender and nonbinary player and a 2017 All-Star, sat out the final month of the season for what the

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I'm also really proud of the relationships I built with people and the integrity with which I moved in the sport.”Clarendon, who uses she/her, he/him, and they/them pronouns, announced the news on Instagram,