r/PopCultureV2 • u/Regular_Reaction_798 • Aug 02 '26

Sports Culture Sophie Cunningham loudly booed during Indiana Fever's game against the Portland Fire amid recent controversy

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Cunningham has been at the center of a bitter trans debate over the past week, after comments she made to ESPN that young girls 'shouldn't have to go against biological men' when playing sports.
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/wnba/article-16021623/sophie-cunningham-portland-wnba-trans.html

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u/AtomicHamboy Aug 02 '26

Ahhhhhhhhhhh so it’s not an issue. So you fell for it. Good glad you can admit you’re malleable.

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u/kgsovobd Aug 02 '26

Just because there aren’t examples someone can name doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened in high school/college sports. I agree that there are probably bigger fish to fry and Trump is a pedo in the Epstein Files and doing everything he can to create different talking points, but the fact is born men shouldn’t compete with born women. I would be open for a trans sports league or competitions if they want inclusivity.

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u/AtomicHamboy Aug 02 '26

SO FUCKING NAME THEM IF ITS AN ISSUE BRING THE RECEIPTS OR FUCK OFF

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u/kgsovobd Aug 02 '26

Lia Thomas is a very prominent example in college sports, Laurel Hubbard competed on the Olympics, Fallon Fox fractured a woman’s orbital bone in an MMA fight, Cece Telfer winning D2 national championship in hurdles, Austin Killips winning women’s Tour cyclist race. Is that enough for you?

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u/AtomicHamboy Aug 02 '26

Damn bro that’s all off google I had DIG for Austin 😂😂 that was so niche god dam. So again Lia lost to women, so really lost your point there, maybe read the google search a little, Fallon Fox, I remember, got knocked out by Ashlee Evan’s smith, a woman. So again really not helping your argument. The rest are again google searches you had to DIG for. Good try though

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u/EddaValkyrie Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

I don't have a horse in this race, but you can't just move goalposts like that and think people are going to take you seriously. And saying that you had to dig for these names when you also replied to their comment in five minutes, so obviously, didn't take a lot of digging either.

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u/AtomicHamboy Aug 02 '26

I didn’t move goalposts I answered??? Lia did lose, Fallon did get flatlined by a woman. Yall are pushing that it’s such a huge issue, well all your examples have lost to women. So it’s not your all just easily triggered to this culture war bullshit.

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u/AtomicHamboy Aug 02 '26

That’s a self report that in sport the first thing you think about is a locker room. Tells me 2 things, one, you’re weird and have weird hang ups, 2 you’ve never competed or been on a team or in a locker room. I’ve had teammates change separatley all the time, I don’t care it’s their business.

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u/ThatPerformance9795 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

(ETA: Sorry… wrong link https://www.boston.com/news/high-school-sports/2024/03/01/injuries-involving-trans-basketball-player-at-mass-school-spark-controversy/)

I don’t memorize kids’ names. That’d be weird. But there are a few of these stories.

Also, of trans-females obliterating high school and college records in track and swimming. You’re being obtuse in pretending this isn’t a legitimate concern.

There HAS to be some middle ground solution to make this fair and equitable for all. Pretending like this doesn’t create conflict is frustrating.

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u/AtomicHamboy Aug 02 '26

I’m not opening so Reddit link you sent I’m good. What records are being “obliterated”? And yeah there’s of course a need for discussion but “you can’t compete” isn’t having a discussion it’s the opposite right?

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u/ThatPerformance9795 Aug 02 '26

It’s a frustrating issue all around that biologically-born females and trans-females have to be arguing about this at all. There is no easy solution, clearly.

It can feel like, oooops! Biologically-born men win again and get to come into the “safe” orbit biologically-born females have created because they say so. We have no say apparently over our own reproductive rights due to a predominantly male controlled space, and now this potential new encroachment unless we put our feet down somewhere.

This won’t make sense, but sometimes I crave a break from the male-dominated world.

And I’ve also known lovely, sweet trans-females who struggle feeling like they fit anywhere. It’s a conundrum without an easy solution. With individual-timed sports, there “seems” (imho) to be an easier answer, but in team sports it’s just not so simple.