"Good work girls," Cunningham wrote in a comment on an XX-XY Athletics Instagram post about the protest.The three-word message echoed her earlier defense of teenage fans caught in a confrontation at a Seattle Storm game after showing support for her stance on women’s sports.Riley Gaines, Sophie Cunningham, and XX-XY Athletics founder Jen Sey pose courtside after an Indiana Fever game with a sign thanking Cunningham.(Riley Gaines/XX-XY Athletics)RALLY PLANNED TO SUPPORT WASHINGTON GIRLS WHO REFUSED TO RACE AGAINST TRANSGENDER TEAMMATE IN CROSS COUNTRYAbout a dozen Camas High School runners walked off the course Oct.
13 during a meet against Battle Ground.Their teammate had begun the season competing in boys’ races before switching to girls’ competition.The dispute has drawn national attention and prompted plans for an Oct.
21 rally supporting the runners.Cunningham has previously argued that girls’ and women’s sports should be separated by sex.In a July ESPN profile, she described her position as protecting opportunities for girls while rejecting accusations that she hated transgender people.Later that month, two teenage supporters attended a Fever-Storm game at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts and carrying a sign thanking Cunningham for speaking up for girls.The teenagers alleged that Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton confronted them and used profanity.
The WNBA subsequently fined Keaton an undisclosed amount and suspended her from attending Seattle’s next five home games.Cunningham then reposted OutKick’s reporting of the Seattle controversy in July, writing "Bravo to those girls for standing up for what they believe," on X.STORM CO-OWNER SUSPENDED AFTER INCIDENT WITH SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM FANS AS STAR BREAKS SILENCE ON CONTROVERSYCunningham also emphasized that she welcomed people regardless of gender identity and believed disagreement should not prevent kindness.But she sharply criticized the conduct attributed to Keaton."...