"When I watched the response in Seattle, frankly, the rally was really quite positive," Sey told Fox News Digital."My understanding from folks I know that were there, our side, those supporting Sophie and standing up for women’s sports, outnumbered their side 10 to one, which is new.
That’s a real shift.""As soon as I saw that, I felt like, ‘Well, I want to support her, too, at upcoming games.’ So I figured I’ll go to Minnesota," she added.SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM RALLY ROCKS WNBA GAME AS 'SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS' ACTIVISTS FACE COUNTERPROTESTIndiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham reacts after scoring during the second half of a WNBA game against the Seattle Storm on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)Sey, the former U.S.
national gymnastics champion and founder of XX-XY Athletics, is organizing a "Sophie Night" rally outside Target Center before the Fever play the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday at 1 p.m.ET.It will mark the third consecutive Fever road game accompanied by a rally supporting Cunningham and her recent statements about protecting women’s sports.
The movement began in Seattle on Tuesday, continued in Portland on Friday and will now move into another deep-blue Democrat stronghold.Sey expects the attention generated by the previous rallies — and the controversy that erupted inside the Seattle arena — to draw a larger and potentially more contentious crowd in Minneapolis."I think there will be more people there than there were in Seattle, just because now there’s been so much attention put on Seattle," Sey said."And I think there could be more contentiousness.""But our intent is to be, of course, very peaceful and nice," she added.
"We just want to honor Sophie and thank her, because it really is meaningful in this fight."Cunningham became a flashpoint in the national debate after saying she wanted to protect girls in locker rooms and athletic competitions from having to go against "biological men." Sh...