ESPN features the first same-sex couple for their Body Issue with Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird

ESPN body issue.
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Move over Jay-Z and Beyoncé, there's a new power couple in town — and they're baring it all for ESPN The Magazine's annual Body Issue.

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe and WNBA great Sue Bird are the first same-sex couple to be featured on the cover of the Body Issue, which aims to challenge beauty norms and celebrate the diversity of all athletic bodies.

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Amari Pollard

Amari Pollard is the social media editor at The Week and has written for Reader's Digest, Parents, and Inside Lacrosse. She studied journalism at Le Moyne College and can usually be found exploring Brooklyn, thrift shopping, or spending way too much money on brunch.