Cheryl Reeve Sends Clear Message To Sophie Cunningham With ‘Trans Kids Belong’ Shirt During Game

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Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve sent a clear message to Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever on Sunday, August 2.

During the game, cameras captured Reeve’s shirt, which had a message of support for transgender individuals after Cunningham had spent the last two weeks opposing trans athletes taking part in women’s sports.

Sophie Cunningham’s comments on the matter have captured the attention of many, including “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling, who said she agreed with the Fever guard.

Reeve, who has been coaching in the league for over 20 years, sent a clear message to Cunningham by wearing a shirt on the sidelines of today’s game that read, “Trans Kids Belong.”

Her bold move comes weeks after Cunningham spoke with the media about transgender athletes competing in women’s sports and said it was something she disagreed with.

“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” she said, per The Blast. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

Reeve Says She Comes From A ‘Space Of Inclusion’

Before the game, Reeve spoke with reporters and voiced her support for transgender athletes, saying that pushing a “narrative” that’s untrue is harmful to the LGBTQ+ community.

“I come from a space of inclusion,” she said on Saturday. “The narrative that I think is problematic is to suggest that transgender athletes are the biggest problem in women’s sports. This is what’s bothersome. There is a faction of people in our country that are making this a massive issue.”

Drama With Sophie Cunningham At The Seattle Storm Game

Before Reeve’s comments, Cunningham spoke out against a Seattle Storm co-owner who allegedly chastized a group of young women who attended a WNBA game with signs that showed support for Cunningham.

According to various reports, the co-owner, who has since been suspended for the Storm’s next five home games, allegedly hurled expletives at the young women and berated them over their apparel, which included XX-YY shirts.

Cunningham responded to the Storm co-owner’s alleged actions on X, writing, “Biological girls, biological boys, trans women, and trans men. Everyone is welcome at my table! You can disagree and still be kind,” before calling the co-owner’s actions “truly embarrassing.”

JK Rowling Agrees With Sophie Cunningham

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JK Rowling appeared to agree with Cunningham’s assessment of the situation, chiming in with a lengthy post on X, blasting those who condemned the young women for speaking up for what they believe in.

“They’re peacefully protesting against the grotesque unfairness of men playing in women’s sport,” she wrote. “The only people who are ‘f-cking insane’ here are those making a mockery of fair sport for women and trying to bully girls like this into silence.”

Rowling has faced backlash in the past over her views on the trans community, which dates back to 2020. In the summer of that year, the author shared a post on X and said she disagreed with people using the phrase “people who menstruate” instead of the word “women,” according to Glamour.

“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth,” she wrote. “The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women—i.e., to male violence—‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences—is a nonsense.”

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