{"id":171481,"date":"2019-07-02T02:44:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T07:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/brittney-griner-praises-lil-nas-x-for-coming-out-takes-a-lot-of-bravery"},"modified":"2019-07-02T02:44:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T07:44:17","slug":"brittney-griner-praises-lil-nas-x-for-coming-out-takes-a-lot-of-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/brittney-griner-praises-lil-nas-x-for-coming-out-takes-a-lot-of-bravery","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner Praises Lil Nas X for Coming Out, &#039;Takes a Lot of Bravery!&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-100053\" class=\"post-100053 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-artist tag-brittney-griner tag-cherelle-watson tag-gay-pride tag-griner tag-lil-nas tag-social-media-post tag-sportspeople tag-the-glastonbury-music-festival 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content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"artist\" alt=\"artist\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Brittney-Griner-Praises-Lil-Nas-X-for-Coming-Out-039Takes-a-Lot-of-Bravery039.jpg\" \/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0430a0655839fa8b1208c07b0d20837a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">\n<p>WNBA superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/brittney-griner\/\"><strong>Brittney Griner<\/strong><\/a> says it\u2019s \u201cAWESOME\u201d that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lil-nas-x\/\"><strong>Lil Nas X<\/strong><\/a> has come out as gay \u2014 telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong>, \u201cI think it\u2019s real big!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-58800d242748ced1442e28950e96a43e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">\n<p>28-year-old Griner is openly gay \u2014 she\u2019s engaged to longtime girlfriend <strong>Cherelle Watson<\/strong> \u2014 and knows first hand how tough it can be to come out when you\u2019re a big star under the microscope.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6b6a27395dfa581520efd7dd05176c7b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">\n<p>But, the 5-time WNBA All-Star says she\u2019s especially impressed with the \u201cOld Town Road\u201d artist for not letting homophobes and negative gay stereotypes (especially in the hip-hop world) stop him from going public about his sexuality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c4e0dae9a3af0777d26972c28b8beae5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">\n<p>\u201cI just think it\u2019s awesome he did that,\u201d Griner says \u2026 \u201ctakes a lot of bravery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a186988577c4fa80044e4d4a48b8a4e5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">\n<p>Griner says it\u2019s 2019 and people should be able to love who they want to love and be who they want to be without fear of a backlash \u2026 and she thinks Lil Nas X is helping to achieve that goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-91ad64d62a6eed0bde1cde6d26fd7bed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s real big \u2026 kudos to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-74766155847c90c7a791f7172d81217b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \">\n<p>Lil Nas X came out via a social media post on June 30 \u2014 the last day of Gay 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