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‘I see myself in her’: Brittney Griner’s Russia trial resonates with queer Black women and nonbinary people

Originally published by The 19th A Russian judge on Thursday sentenced WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony for drug possession and smuggling, in addition to a $1 million ruble fine, after being held for months in what the U.S. government has classified as a “wrongful detainment.”  […]