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Michele Van Gorp (born May 10, 1977 in Warren, Michigan) is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), most recently with the Minnesota Lynx. Until October 2005, she was notable as being the league's only open lesbian since the retirement of Sue Wicks in 2002. Sheryl Swoopes, and Latasha Byears, also WNBA players, have since stated publicly that they are also lesbian.

Basketball Career

After attending high school in Clinton Charter Township, Michigan, Van Gorp played collegiate basketball at Purdue University during her freshman and sophomore years, but transferred to Duke University for her junior and senior years.

She missed most of the 2004 season due to a stress fracture in her left foot that occurred during a practice session. Surgeons had to insert a screw into the navicular bone of her foot.

Van Gorp's contract with the Lynx had expired after the 2004 WNBA season ended, but she was still too injured to play for the 2005 season.

In a December 1, 2005 news article from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Van Gorp filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Hennepin County District Court against a member of the Lynx' medical staff and three other parties. The suit named Dr. Joel Boyd, the team's orthopedic surgeon; Dr. Fernando Pena; Fairview-University Medical Center and Orthopaedic Center as defendants.

Van Gorp was reported to be seeking at least $50,000 for negligence and loss of employment.

She lives with her longtime companion Kayleen in Vermont.

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