Russia

“Judging by [the way] things are going now, it will never be OK” for LGBTQ people to hold hands in public, she said.

The law bans gay propaganda to minors. Now a Russian lawmaker wants to ban pro-LGBTQ speech directed at people of any age.

Brittney Griner is accused of “large-scale transportation of drugs” after some cannabis oil vape cartridges were found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow.

“I miss my wife! I miss my family! I miss my teammates!”

LGBTQ Nation dives into some recent global discussions on marriage equality. 

“If I can’t trust you to catch a Saturday call outside of business hours, how can I trust you to actually be negotiating on my wife’s behalf to come home?” Brittney’s wife Cherelle said.

“We understand now that she is being held as basically a political prisoner.”

Led by Brittney Griner’s wife, the public campaign hopes that a meeting with Joe Biden will lead to her release.

“I’m pretty sure those Nazis have the same opinion of that flag as you do.”

Of course Jen Psaki was ready with a clapback.

“I don’t think Russia has a right to exist anymore.”

Griner has been in a Russian jail for nearly 76 days now. The U.S. is finally speaking out in her defense.

Russia claims the social networks are promoting “nontraditional sexual relationships” to children.

The danger that non-cis, non-hetero, non-white, non-males face in the U.S. is the same as being in a European ground war.

Activist Olena Shevchencko was pepper sprayed in the streets of Lviv, with some speculating a Russian saboteur was behind the attack.

WNBA players earn a lot less than their NBA counterparts, and that’s what brought Brittney Griner to Russia.

The term “Ukraine” has become synonymous with “Nazism” in the minds of many Russian people.

“Why not” start a war with Russia, which has more nuclear warheads than any other country outside the U.S.? Jen Psaki wasn’t having it.

Vladimir Putin showed some honor among villains and stood up for J.K. Rowling. But it turns out she doesn’t see herself as a villain.

“One of the guards said, ‘you’re a guy, so get the hell out of here,’ and told me I should be grateful they didn’t call the police.”