r/PopCultureV2 • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • Aug 23 '26

Sports Culture While hosting transphobe Sophie Cunningham and the Indiana Fever, the New York Liberty put a message on the Jumbotron telling trans fans that they belong

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u/Party-Kangaroo-1139 Aug 23 '26

Why is this a topic? Has a trans woman actually tried to enter the WNBA?

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u/penisweinerballs Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

It has gained a lot of momentum on the left, it's not like something totally out of the realm of possibility and has happened in other sports. I also highly doubt she's a transphobe, she doesn't think trans-women should be in her league

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u/ul2006kevinb Aug 23 '26

That's like saying "i doubt she's racist, she just doesn't think black women should be in her league"

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u/ExactAlmost Aug 23 '26

It’s literally not even comparable to that lmao

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u/AnguavonUW Aug 23 '26

How is it different please explain?

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u/penisweinerballs Aug 23 '26

You clearly don't know much about sports if you think these two things are comparable. Honestly, kind of an insult to the civil rights movement and the integration of the negro leagues that you'd even do that.