Brittney Griner is more than a WNBA star, and that makes her Russian detention so precarious, JeniceArmstrong writes.
in 1993, isn’t known for being hospitable to gay and lesbian people; same thing with those of African descent like Griner.
“Because Brittney Griner is a Black gay woman. Everyone must ask themselves every single what if here: What if she were male, white, not queer, not outspoken on injustices, etc. It’s absolutely outrageous and direct evidence that society/media/power do not value Black, queer, female human beings,” Helen L. “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, a Philadelphia-based attorney, told me in an interview. “She was going to Russia in the first place because of that same exact problem.
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