The anti-trans movement in sports needed a face. It found one in the WNBA player
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The anti-trans movement in sports needed a face. It found one in the WNBA player
Nights and Weekends Editor
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August 9, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)
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By coming out against transgender athletes, the player has become the far right's new white woman spokesperson—a position with a…
Basketball star and internet sensation Sophie Cunningham has become a lightning rod in the debate over transgender athletes in…
Sophie Cunningham slammed her critics, stating that “people love to assume” her political beliefs.
After doubling down on her concern about “biological men” in women’s sports, she called the backlash a “distraction.”
Leftist activists are raging over Sophie Cunningham, but her merchandise is selling out after she denounced biological men in…
But she’s very invested in how to “protect women’s sports.”
