On Tuesday night, a small group of weirdos held an anti-trans rally outside of the Seattle Storm’s home arena. The occasion for their gathering was a game against the Indiana Fever and bench player Sophie Cunningham, who had recently participated in an ESPN profile where she said she wants to “protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

The rally seems like it was a dud, but the organizers got more of the attention they were after inside the arena. Sitting courtside during the game were two teen girls holding signs that read “Thank you Sophie for speaking up for girls,” and “We love you Sophie.” They were both wearing shirts from an apparel brand that donates money to anti-trans organizations. After the game, the two girls made a video with anti-trans agitator Brandi Kruse, in which they claimed they were told off in the arena by Storm minority owner Celeste Keaton. They said that Keaton told them they were “fucking insane.”

The Storm reacted to this accusation first by apologizing for Keaton’s actions, and then the WNBA fined and banned her from the team’s next five home games.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    sophie cunningham about to be treated like absolute dogshit by the rest of the league for getting a popular owner suspended for standing to to bigots and i love that for her

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      1 day ago

      After reading her name again I remembered she was the one who made meme-news by pointing aggressively