Megan Rapinoe (American professional soccer player) plays for the OL Reign in National Women's Soccer League. She is an openly homosexual player on the U.S. national women's soccer team and also serves as the team captain. Rapinoe is also an activist. She is currently engaged to Sera, a singer-songwriter. You can read the rest to learn more about Megan Rapinoe.
Megan Rapinoe is an American professional football player
Megan Rapinoe is a Californian. Megan is the sister of Rachel Rapinoe, and she was introduced to football by Brian, her elder brother. Megan, Rachel and her older brother Brian have been avid fans of the game. Megan plays most of her father’s football teams. Elk Grove United Pride, which is a Sacramento club football team, also features Megan. Rapinoe was a prominent advocate of gender equality and the rights of LGBTQ people.
Megan Rapinoe played pro football and was active in social causes, including equal pay. She has spoken out to support the LGBT community and been vocal about racial equity. Rapinoe also became the first white male athlete to stand during the national song. This trend was started by Colin Kaepernick (an ex-NFL quarterback). Rapinoe is also known for filing a lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation for gender discrimination. Rapinoe also showed solidarity with Colin Kaepernick when he kneeled during the National Anthem.
She is openly gay on the U.S. Women's National Team.
As an openly gay woman, Rapinoe has become a prominent spokesperson for LGBT rights and has often commented on issues of racial injustice and equal pay. Megan is known for her outspokenness and has spoken out about her relationship to Sue Bird, WNBA star. Rapinoe was the first openly-gay couple to be published in the ESPN Body Issue.
Megan Rapinoe was present during the Olympic preparations. The women's team has grown to be more diverse and inclusive since 1999. The upcoming Olympics could be the first of many coming-out parties for the team. Sports Illustrated named Rapinoe Sportsperson Of The Year in 2019.
She is an activist
Megan Rapinoe is an activist and a gold medalist soccer player. She played track and field and basketball while still in high school. She hoped that her soccer skills would land her a scholarship to the University of Portland. Rapinoe was also a part of the U.S. Women's National Team's Under-17 Youth team while she was playing for Portland. She won her first ever gold medal. After that, she joined U.S.'s women's national team. She was later called to play for the U-19 team.
Rapinoe, who made her debut on the women’s national team, was exposed as gay and she decided to stand against sex discrimination. She also learned more about the history of slavery in America, and became a vocal advocate. After the murder of George Floyd, Rapinoe wore a Black Lives Matter shirt while co-hosting the ESPN Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards ceremony.
Sera Cahoone has engaged her to the singer-songwriter
The USWNT World Cup champion and the singer/songwriter got engaged. Rapinoe, who was celebrating the birthday of Sera Cahoone (singer-songwriter), proposed on Instagram. They have been together for almost two decades. Sera Cahoone (singer-songwriter from Seattle) was previously engaged in a relationship with US soccer star Carli.
The couple began their relationship in 2013, when Sera Cahoone joined the band Carissa’s Weird. Sera joined the bands Panda & Angel and then released her first solo record in 2006. The Stranger was impressed by her debut album and signed her to Sub Pop Records. Megan and Sera split in 2017. After that, Sera continued her musical growth.