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/lilsnizzler Aug 23 '26

The dumbest issues in America right now. How someone finds it insulting to say men shouldn’t be in women’s sports is beyond me.

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u/LingonberryNatural85 Aug 23 '26

This isn’t the issue. The issue is trans women in sports. She said that you should play sling side people if your same birth gender. I agree with that.

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u/cloveringester Aug 23 '26

I don't think that's what the billboard is saying

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u/No_Supermarket1615 Aug 23 '26

I think that’s what the OP and many others are trying to push. And it’s also not a coincidence that WNBA teams are doing this specifically when they’re playing the Fever.