Upcoming WNBA games in Portland, Oregon, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, will feature rallies outside the arenas in support of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham — the fan-favorite teammate of Caitlin Clark who has spoken out in defense of women’s sports.A rally in Portland will be led by Washington-based activist Amy Sousa, who helped organize the Cunningham rally outside Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday.A second rally in Minneapolis will be led by XX-XY Athletics founder and former U.S.
gymnastics national champion Jennifer Sey.SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM RALLY ROCKS WNBA GAME AS 'SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS' ACTIVISTS FACE COUNTERPROTESTSousa said organizers already had a smaller Portland gathering in mind but were unsure whether they would publicize it.The national controversy that erupted after the Seattle game convinced them to make it bigger and louder."We were just going to do something quiet with just a couple of us, and seeing what happened to those girls, we just thought, ‘We can’t be quiet,’" Sousa told Fox News Digital.The Portland rally is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Friday outside the Moda Center before the Fever face the Portland Fire at 7 p.m.local time.
The Minneapolis rally will take place ahead of Indiana’s noon game against the Minnesota Lynx at Target Center on Sunday.STORM CO-OWNER SUSPENDED AFTER INCIDENT WITH SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM FANS AS STAR BREAKS SILENCE ON CONTROVERSY"I don’t want to be quiet about this," Sousa said."I want to stand in public solidarity with those girls.
I also want to stand in public solidarity with Sophie and keep this momentum going."The events follow a chaotic night in Seattle that transformed Cunningham’s position on transgender athletes into a national flashpoint.Supporters gathered outside Climate Pledge Arena before Tuesday’s Fever-Storm game to thank Cunningham for saying girls should not have to compete against biological males or share locker rooms with them.Counterprotesters carrying signs in support ...