Women's sports activist Amy Sousa told OutKick that she and other XX-XY Athletics attendees filed police reports after being escorted out of the stadium.In a Tuesday appearance on "The Faulkner Focus," Sousa said she and others were bombarded with food, beer, flags and poles.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGESave Women’s Sports activists are surrounded by an agitated group of trans supporters after unfurling a large "Save Women’s Sports" banner and revealing XX-XY shirts at a Portland Thorns match Friday, Oct.23, 2026.
( )"This is a bit of political theater.We went with a very clear message, and our message was 'Save women's sports.' And we were forcibly removed from a women's sporting event for expressing support for the very category that makes that event possible," Sousa said on Tuesday.
"Those words are really our purpose, and our purpose is to draw attention to issues that go far beyond the NWSL and impact girls in real time - in their high schools, in their junior highs and in their elementary schools.It is about professional athletics, but it is also about the girls that are facing this on their level."Sousa said she was told by security that their XX-XY shirts did not violate any sort of policy, but she suspects that they were taken out of the game because security "could not protect us adequately from the fans" who were harassing them.As to why they, instead of the alleged harassers, were kicked out, Sousa was dumbfounded."I think a lot of people would love to hear the answer to that question," Sousa said.(From left to right) Female athletes Frances Staudt, Bailey Andersen, Sadie Sullivan, Kendall Kotzmacher and Alanna Smith stand behind emcee and podcast host Brandi Kruse at a Protecting Fairness in Girls' Sports rally in Vancouver, Washington.
(Derek Shook for OutKick)FORMER NWSL PLAYER SAYS LEAGUE CULTURE PRESSURED ATHLETES TO SUPPORT POLITICAL MESSAGES THEY OPPOSEDDirector of Security Jim McCausland was texted for comment, per OutKick's...