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Topic: Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner looks on in the second half during the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game between the UConn Huskies and the Iowa Hawkeyes at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on April 05, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Brittney Griner recalls Russian prisons

Nardos Haile
Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion, Britney Griner and Megan Markle (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images/HBO Max)

A year of survival for Black women

Melanie McFarland
US Women National Basketball Association's (WNBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted to the courtroom to hear the court's final decision in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Griner's release exposes GOP homophobia

Amanda Marcotte
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a ‘Save America’ rally in support of Arizona GOP candidates on July 22, 2022 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Hill rebukes Trump's Paul Whelan boasts

Igor Derysh
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WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner waits for verdict inside a defendants' cage during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. (EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Brittney Griner released in Russian swap

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WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner waits for verdict inside a defendants' cage during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. (EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years

Kelly McClure
Joe Scarborough, Brittney Griner and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump calls Griner "a spoiled person"

Jon Skolnik
Brittney Griner, Glory Johnson (AP/Ross D. Franklin/Elaine Thompson)

Dangerous myths harm LGBTQ

Eesha Pandit
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