News To free Brittney Griner from Russia, WNBA sisters and LGBTQ community got loud June 5, 2023 Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY Comments Off on To free Brittney Griner from Russia, WNBA sisters and LGBTQ community got loud Brittney Griner's Russian nightmare: The WNBA has a long history of activism. The league's latest fight involved freeing one of its own.