Howard Bryant Calls Sophie Cunningham Anti-Trans, Anti-Black as 79% Oppose Trans Women in Female Sports
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 4
Howard Bryant Calls Sophie Cunningham Anti-Trans, Anti-Black as 79% Oppose Trans Women in Female Sports
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 4
Summary
Howard Bryant used a Guardian op-ed to cast Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham as a right-wing "anti-transgender" and "anti-Black" figure over her opposition to biological males competing in women’s sports.
Cunningham told ESPN last month she wanted to "protect young girls" in locker rooms and competition, framing her position as honesty and care rather than partisan politics.
A Pew Research Center survey cited in the report found 79% of Americans oppose allowing people assigned male at birth to compete in female sports categories.
Outside Sunday’s Fever-Lynx game in Minneapolis, Jennifer Sey said more than 50 supporters gathered for Cunningham and female athletes while trans activists staged a hostile counter-protest.
The clash underscores how a debate over women’s sports has widened into a broader media and culture-war fight around race, gender identity and athlete activism.