The athlete, who is Black and gay, was taed by Put’s regime, which has stoked natnalism and homophobia and is admired by some Ameri’s far right.
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GLAAD, the world's largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, is rpondg to the sentencg Rsia of beloved Amerin basketball star Brtney Grer. On her 168th day ctody Rsia, the out LGBTQ athlete was sentenced to 9 years prison after beg acced of smugglg ls than one * gay basketball player in russia *
GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, is rpondg to the sentencg Rsia of beloved Amerin basketball star Brtney Grer. Unr Put, the Kreml has often engaged homophobic persecutn to assert his regime’s ntrol and to portray homosexualy as part of Wtern nce. “It’s not like I ever told anybody I wasn't gay, but I wasn't givg everybody my whole thentic self, ” she said.
Bee that moment, Grer beme the most proment openly gay basketball player the had always wanted to be upont about her sexual orientatn. One day, the middle of her sophomore season, she was summoned to the office of her head ach, Kim Mulkey.
”At the time, Baylor had a formal policy the stunt handbook forbiddg homosexual activy and premaral sex general. “It’s hard to get at that table, beg yourself, beg Black, beg gay and beg unapologetilly yourself, ” Sun guard Courtney Williams told ESPN’s Katie Barn.