Fans throughout Target Center held signs supporting their favorite WNBA players.But when Riley Gaines displayed a small sign reading, "Sophie, thank you — a girl mom," an arena staffer tried to make her put it down.Riley Gaines holds a sign thanking Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham for speaking out to protect women's sports.(Riley Gaines/XX-XY Athletics)According to Gaines, the staffer told her the problem was that the sign contained Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s name."I checked all the sign policies before I went in there," Gaines told OutKick.
"I made sure it was like 11 by 17.That’s the sign size you could have.
So, I got a ruler out.You better believe I was measuring it."TRANS ACTIVISTS HARASS, HURL SLURS AT SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SUPPORTERS BEFORE FEVER GAME IN MINNESOTAGaines attended Sunday’s Fever-Lynx game to support Cunningham, who has faced intense criticism since publicly stating that women’s sports should be reserved for women.Cunningham was loudly booed throughout Indiana’s 108-100 loss in Minneapolis, while Reeve used the game to make her opposing position clear.ESPN’s broadcast highlighted Reeve’s shirt and encouraged viewers to listen to the Lynx coach’s previous comments on transgender athletes.Meanwhile, a staffer inside the arena apparently decided Gaines’ simple message of support for Cunningham needed to disappear.Gaines arrived at Target Center around 11:40 a.m.
local time, approximately 20 minutes before tipoff.She had initially planned to attend a rally outside the arena but remained at her hotel after her personal security team advised her that the situation had become too hostile.Gaines was not present for a confrontation outside that was was described by some social media users as an "assault." Video reviewed by OutKick showed one person ripping a T-shirt from another person’s hands, but did not appear to show anyone being struck or injured.A demonstrator protests before the WNBA game between the Indiana Fever a...