For NBA referee Che Flores, coming out was the right call
This profile is part of Queerty’s 2024 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Che Flores, 44.Bio: Che Flores was part of a state champion high school basketball team and captain at Cal State Northbridge.
But their true breakthrough moment on the hardwood happened when their father, who was a high school referee himself, asked them to officiate a game.
Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.At first, Flores, who uses they/them pronouns, decried wearing ref’s stripes.
But over time, they grew to love the job.“I was really reluctant at first because. I would never want to see myself at the time in a striped uniform,” Flores told the San Francisco Chronicle. “But I ended up trying to because I missed basketball, and I loved it.
