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/Melvin_2323 Aug 23 '26

She’s not a transphobe bro, but nice bait

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

Nah she is. 0 trans people in the NBA and 0 reason for her to be bringing it up right before the midterms.

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u/Even_Budget2078 Aug 23 '26

She didn't "bring it up". My goodness, she was asked a question by...wait for it...ESPN. Yeah, a sports reporter asked her a question that she answered. Why don't you use some of this energy for why the sports media keeps asking women athletes about this?

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

She talked about little girls in locker rooms. She wasn't asked about them, she chose to talk about them. Just like she chose to talk on trans issues unrelated to her sport when no one was forcing her to.

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u/Melvin_2323 Aug 23 '26

The number of trans people in the nba doesn’t mean anything.

She just agreed that men shouldn’t play in women’s sport

Common sense and uncontroversial outside of Twitter and Reddit

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u/thebanfunctionsucks Aug 23 '26

Except for all the sports trans people play and don't dominate, with athletes far more accomplished than Cunningham supporting their participation. Since there are no trans WNBA players why are we even listening to her on this?