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WNBA star Sophie Cunningham has made her position on protecting women's sports clear.
In an ESPN interview, the fan-favorite Caitlin Clark teammate addressed the issue for the first time.
"I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I'm like, 'I never once said that,'" Cunningham said.
"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.
"I'm very much in the middle. I agree with things on both sides, disagree with things on both sides. And that's all I've ever said about my political beliefs. But people love to assume."
Cunningham previously garnered backlash from the left in March 2022 after re-sharing a tweet from CBS Sports host Josh Pate about the controversy surrounding former Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas competing on the women's team.
"Female collegiate athletes deserve so much better than this," Pate’s tweet said.
Cunningham faced so much backlash over the re-share that she released a statement.
"To my teammates, friends, family, supporters and fans, you know that I stand with all people, especially my fellow athletes. I do not judge, but support all races, religions, sexual preferences and gender equity. We all have a place in this world to compete and I hope we are able to grant everyone that opportunity fairly." she wrote.
Cunningham has emerged as one of the biggest stars in the WNBA over the last year, especially among conservatives.
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Riley Gaines, who infamously tied with Thomas at the 2022 NCAA women's swimming championships, told Fox News Digital on the last day of June, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold state laws that keep biological males out of women's sports, that she hoped the ruling would be a "clarion call" for athletes like Cunningham to speak out in support of protecting women's sports.
"Let this be a clarion call, not just to Simone, but to every, I think especially elite female athlete, professional female athlete, the likes of Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham, Serena Williams, to link arms," Gaines said.
Original article source: Sophie Cunningham speaks out on protecting girls from competing against 'biological men'
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