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"Brittney Griner was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft on Tuesday night, and in a series of interviews she conducted on Wednesday, Griner acknowledged that she is a lesbian.

Griner said that she’s been out, but Wednesday was the first time that she has talked about it so candidly and publicly.

“It’s just being who you are,” Griner told SI.com. “Don’t worry about what other people are going to say, because they’re always going to say something, but, if you’re just true to yourself, let that shine through. Don’t hide who you really are.”

Griner also told SI.com that the fact that she’s a famous athlete had no affect on her decision to remain out.

“It really wasn’t too difficult,” Griner said of the decision. “I wouldn’t say I was hiding or anything like that. I’ve always been open about who I am and my sexuality. So, it wasn’t hard at all. If I can show that I’m out and I’m fine and everything’s OK, then hopefully the younger generation will definitely feel the same way.”

Griner, as well as Skylar Diggins and Elena Della Donne, also discussed the topic of bullying growing up. It’s difficult for female athletes to break the mold of what our society expects a girl to be. Kids are mean, both in high school and in the student sections during road games, and that’s to say nothing of the anonymity of the internet. Griner, in particular, has been on the receiving end of a never-ending string of personal and verbal assaults. “Brittney Griner has had to endure more than any player that I’ve ever had to coach,” her coach, Kim Mulkey, told Outsports.com.

Young, female athletes going through the same things that Griner has gone, and is still going, through couldn’t ask for a better role model, but it paints a stark contrast to the way that homosexuality is handled in male sports.

One of the biggest stories this spring has been the idea that a gay NFL player could potentially come out. That news would spend weeks, if not months, in the headlines and would be a discussion topic on Sportscenter and First Take throughout the offseason and well into the NFL season. It would be a massive deal.

Compare that to Griner, who casually mentions in a few interviews that she’s gay.

“I really couldn’t give an answer on why [men and women's sports are] so different,” Griner said."
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Originally Posted by Wildcat! (Post 5943557)

DUUHH!! Like everyone didnt already know! I Thought she was gonna come out as straight! LOL :D

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11184409)

Update:

[2022 arrest in Russia
On February 17, 2022,
Griner was arrested on drug charges in Russia.
She was detained at Sheremetyevo
International Airport after the
Federal Security Service said
she was carrying vaporizer cartridges containing hashish oil,
an illegal substance in Russia.]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittney_Griner




Why did not one tell her that Oil
in Russia, is Illegal?

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/2...-us-objections

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock (Post 11184498)

They were looking for any excuse to arrest her imo.

Russia in general isn't exactly tolerant of gay people.

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11184673)

But Even So
why take an oil substance that is banned.


It was DUMB>

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11198422)

Russia has given her a 9 Year Sentence


CNN HD Live

Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 11238615)

A murderer and arms dealer... for some druggie sportsperson? On the one hand it's ridiculous she got such a long sentence, but on the other it's not the fairest trade wn3n considering what the criminal the Americans were handing over was being held for. Weren't there more prisoners they could have got as well?

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11239003)

Its a Medical Cannabis Oil
she used
Legal in USA