“Accept your daughter for the way she is or leave her” Brittney Griner bashed gender norms after having ugly dispute with her father
Brittney Griner is the most spoken off athlete in the States ever since she was held captive in Russia in possible drug related case. After certain attempts from the Joe Biden administration, the Russian Federal Customs Service claimed and confirmed to have found vape cartridges containing the marijuana concentrate hashish oil in the luggage of the WNBA star.
After Russia made it clear that they are not going to let Griner be treated any differently to those local culprits who are caught over the same case, do not let it fool you over the stern measures taken by Brittney Griner is various social reforms. The 31-year-old WNBA star has firmly stood by the LGBTQ community and has left no stone unturned in trying to remove social injustices against them.
Brittney Griner’s stern dispute with her father
To those who are not aware, the spoken off Phoenix Mercury star was subjected to discrimination growing up. Her father was not open to accepting Brittney Griner for who she was and this caused the her to suffer mentally. Her father, Ray, once declared that he “wasn’t raising any lesbian.”
“My dad always told me to just be who I was, but I don’t think he knew exactly how I took it,” said Griner. “He finally got on board that either you accept your daughter and take her for what she is and you unconditionally love her, or you’re not going to have her,” according to her best friend from high school.
Griner wasn’t an ordinary women athlete and her made a great buzz about herself before entering the WNBA against the world’s most elite. In simpler terms, she was already a star before she made her entry into the league. Representing for her college team, Brittney Griner has a record of having over 2,000 points and 500 blocks. Drafted in 2013, Griner has changed the course of Mercury’s attack as she has averaged more than 17 points, 7 rebounds and 1.5 assists over the course of 9 seasons.
Yakshpat Bhargava
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