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

The Los Angeles sparks currently rank as the worst team in the WNBA, but reinforcements may soon be on the way now that the struggling franchise has secured a top-3 pick in the 2025 Draft