WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner has been locked up in a Russian jail since February, when she was detained at an airport in the country after authorities allegedly found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.

Dana Piccoli is an award winning writer, critic and the managing director of News is Out, a queer media collaborative. Dana was named one of The Advocate Magazine’s 2019 Champions of Pride. She was...