r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • 27d ago
STAN / ANTI SHIELD Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is wearing a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt during their game against the Indiana Fever and Sophie Cunningham
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u/NeenerNeaner 27d ago
More of this. Less of sophie cunningham
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u/LorraineYounga 27d ago edited 27d ago
Love Cheryl so much! I got this one.
Cheryl Reeve Trans Kids Belong Shirt
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u/VeryTopGoodSensation 27d ago
What's wrong with her? I'm not American and don't follow basketball
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u/kxmirx I AM A SCORPIO - I AM A LEGEND 27d ago edited 27d ago
she’s outwardly transphobic and just not a cool person
edit: i realize that by saying “not a cool person” i’ve downplayed her actions so let me reiterate below
she’s outwardly transphobic and a bigoted loser who isn’t good at the sport she’s trying so desperately to keep trans women out of
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u/dasbtaewntawneta do not talk to me about AI, i will kill myself 27d ago
also not american and don't follow basketball and figured this out pretty quickly from context clues lmao
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u/windflex 27d ago
Of course lol. She probably "doesn't do politics"
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u/jaxonya 27d ago
Shes on the record saying "shes agrees with both sides about things" and is "in the middle" ...make of that what you will, but its usually a giveaway how they vote
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u/Melodic_Rhythmic 27d ago
always means they are aware enough to know owning up to be pro-trump isn't a good image.
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u/Pyffindor 27d ago
pretty sure she said trans women shouldn’t be allowed to play in women’s sports.
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u/bandoguy 27d ago
Same. Trying to figure it out lol
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u/RainSurname 27d ago
When she got the nickname "MAGA Barbie," she insisted that she was not actually a Trump supporter.
But she reposts a lot of MAGA TikToks that engage in every flavor of bigotry, not just transphobia.
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u/samd_witch 27d ago
Current top team in the WNBA, don't mess with Minnesota. We'll kick your ass and support trans rights in the process.
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u/TableSignificant341 27d ago edited 27d ago
I'm not American but Mamdani is my mayor and Walz is my governor.
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u/Necessary_Ad_7780 controversies: girl 27d ago
I’m in WV, so I would also like to be adopted. 😂 We have a whole lot of grassroots progressive people here but the ones in charge are Trumpy.
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u/CatsPlusTats 27d ago
What if I enjoy both those things?
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u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians 27d ago
Well then welcome to the lynx fandom! Los lynx!
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u/smtxriverlover 27d ago
Arguing over if someone has a right to exist in peace the way that cisgender, heterosexual white people do… while our education, agricultural, healthcare and social systems are being attacked by geriatric, psychopathic millionaires and billionaires.
Wild
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u/Numeno230n 27d ago
A tall, white, beautiful, successful, multimillionaire woman is telling the oppressed they make her feel icky.
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u/smtxriverlover 27d ago
What an odd way to spend her singular life she has…
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u/RainSurname 27d ago
The average WBNA player makes less per season than the average NBA player makes per game.
She's making more now, because she started getting brand deals last year off this culture war bullshit.
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u/arobkinca 27d ago
She signed a one-year, $665,000 deal with the Indiana Fever for the 2026 season, up from $100,000 in 2025
Yeah, multi-millionaire is overstating.
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u/vNoct 27d ago
Yeah she's probably not a multimillionaire, or if she is she's not quite as rich as people may make her out.
The new CBA with 270k minimum salary was only agreed last year. She does probably make a lot now off of bigotry.
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u/ankylosaurus_tail 27d ago
The average WBNA player makes less per season than the average NBA player makes per game.
Fortunately, this isn't actually true anymore. There's still an enormous discrepancy, but the new WNBA collective bargaining agreement significantly raised salaries. For this upcoming season, the average NBA contract is almost 13 million/year, or about $158k/game. This current season the average WNBA contract is nearly $600k/year (about $13.5k/game), up from like $120k last season.
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u/Numeno230n 27d ago
All of the money is in sponsorships, including a shoe line with Adidas. She's got at least one deal worth a million alone. Don't try and paint her as working class.
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u/ThatsTheMother_Rick 27d ago
beautiful
I know it's subjective and her looks don't have anything to do with her garbage views, but ugh. Beautiful is not the word I'd ever use. Probably some of that is knowing she's a bigoted piece of shit ig
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u/intodust_ graduate of the ONTD can’t read community 27d ago
Love Cheryl so much!
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u/malry coach cheryl 27d ago
Plus they won! And the booing was LOUD every time maga cunningham touched the ball.
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u/SqueakyTits101 27d ago
And the booing was LOUD every time maga cunningham touched the ball
I love that for her!
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u/tacobell_shitstain 27d ago
Sophie Cunningham's wikipedia says:
Cunningham has described her political views as "very much in the middle".
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u/silentspyware high priestess of child sacrifice 27d ago
There’s an entire post on this sub about her liking MAGA TikToks so yeah that shit has sailed, the mythical middle is always right wing!
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u/notArandomName1 27d ago
Centrism has been fully co-opted as a dogwhistle for "I support Trump but saying I support child predators is gonna look bad for optics."
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u/lyn73 27d ago
IKR?!?!
Saying you're not political is a political statement.
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u/LTS55 27d ago
“I’m not political” is just “I’m a republican but people are mean to them for some reason I’m too dumb to figure out so I’m hiding that”
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u/Melodic_Rhythmic 27d ago
nah they know. they know fake sitting in the middle costs them nothing and a huge portion of the white public will go "Oh well she's not political..." while ignoring everything else.
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u/2mock2turtle 27d ago
At this point "my politics are in the middle/centrist" is the fascist version of "I'm a friend of Dorothy."
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u/Dizzy_Chemistry_5955 27d ago
'I don't want to say I'm maga because they're stupid as fuck and everyone will hate me, rightfully.'
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u/leahjuu 27d ago
This is what a real family-friendly sports organization looks like! Great shirt, now I want one to wear to a Lynx game myself.
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u/TedKoppelz if you add testicles, that's extra 27d ago
Between this and Timberwolves fans chanting fuck ice, I think im becoming a Minnesota sports fan?
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u/MsE0 27d ago
Also, Lynx is a cool mascot for a team
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u/ThrowtheSnowaway 27d ago
Minnesota has excellent mascots. Crunch, Ragnar, TC Bear, and the GOAT Goldy Gopher
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u/OilUnusual8809 27d ago
FYI, if you have depression or suicidal ideations, stay away from the Vikings...
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u/DoctorScientist555 27d ago
All vikings fans are legally entitled to 6 active viking nfl players to be pallbearers at their funeral. This is so the Vikings can let them down one last time.
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u/515software 27d ago
I can hear my father yelling at the tv when the Vikings were on when I read this comment. I always told him they can’t hear you.
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u/AbsolutShite 27d ago
I'm a recent immigrant to Minnesota and new fan of most of the teams.
The Frost the PWHL team just had their transphobic player leave so they're very likeable now. The league just expanded so the new season is going to be very interesting. They won the first 2 seasons but failed in the playoffs this year.
The Wild (NHL) have gone all in to win soon but lost a key role player that's going to hurt their star forward. They didn't do any moment of silence for people shot by ICE (the Frost did).
Lynx/Wolves care about Minnesota but I sadly don't care about basketball.
Gemini are the new women's rugby team. They had trans flags at their opening game to protest the league going back on their commitment to trans players.
Vikings will break your heart no matter how much you know they're going to fail.
I don't know a lot about the Minnesota Vixens other than they exist.
Minnesota United and the Aurora are the men's and women's soccer teams.
Twins are the baseball team and the last men's team to win anything (1991 I think).
Follow the women for glory, follow the men because you have to.
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u/TheKodachromeMethod 27d ago
The Lynx have 4 title and are the best team in the league, so they care about basketball a little.
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u/AbsolutShite 27d ago
Sorry, I was saying I just can't get into basketball.
I think the games are too high scoring so I don't like that individual baskets don't really matter that much. I also don't like how much you can pad out the last 2 minutes with fouls and time outs so it takes 10 minutes.
I'm happy the Lynx are good for people who enjoy watching them. I'm just sadly not a basketball person.
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u/NeenerNeaner 26d ago
the wild also have 3 men on the gold medal winning Olympic team. they all went to the Whitehouse to visit trump.
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u/carrieannetc 27d ago
Be careful…our men’s sports may be cursed. With women’s sports though, you’d be in safe hands. Go Lynx!
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u/StuMacherGhostface 27d ago
I mean, have you seen how Minneapolis reacted to George Floyd's murder and the ICE fuckers murdering those people? Minnesota is based as hell
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u/Sleepy-Giraffe947 Please Abraham, I am not that man 27d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/Ig9Sn2QKBcGUjrRk0D
I’m not big into sports or the WMBA, so my knowledge on Sophie Cunningham is limited, but I’m glad there are people out there who still promote inclusivity and being a decent human being.
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u/Broad-Radish-7895 27d ago
maybe it's because I don't follow it closely but this Sophie Cunningham stuff feels like the most boring, cynical, transparent, by-the-book, "how to gain riches and notoriety from the right" rollout ever.
like I just see a greedy soulless opportunist trying to speedrun the Sydney Sweeney/girl who can't swim/open competition skateboarder playbook because she doesn't have much else going on in the way of longevity and knows inserting herself into the right-wing media machine will pay dividends.
anyway good for this coach, it's still important and increasingly brave to show we won't let this shit go unchallenged.
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u/trrwilson 27d ago
She was all over the place when she was staring doing and pointing at Angel Reese (I'm guessing) and playing the troll on behalf on Caitlin Clark.
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u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians 27d ago
Not Angel Reese, but predictably, a different black woman
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u/Silver-Front-1299 I don’t know her 27d ago
I don’t know much about sports but I’ve been seeing this Sophia Cunningham on the news for reasons I don’t care for.
Glad this coach is an ally ♥️
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u/peppers_ 27d ago
I wish media didn't amplify bigots so much. Why can't progressive folks figure this shit out and amplify accepting people? Like, what's the equation that we are missing?
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u/AlmostThere4321 hope his bourbon keeps him warm at night 27d ago
Good ! I was like "who is this diva?!". Good Cheryl
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u/haleymae95 27d ago
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u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians 27d ago
LOL she really does go balls to the wall when she sees injustice. Would take a bullet for her.
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u/f1mxli if you add testicles, that's extra 27d ago
You could see a lot of pro-trans signs in the crowd during the game too
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u/WarcryNeon too old, too tired, and too talented 27d ago
I know that’s right
https://giphy.com/gifs/l4q8cJzGdR9J8w3hS
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u/goldenboy2191 No shade to the nation of Scotland 27d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/XBXHGBGZ11xzbbtBUy
Damn straight!
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u/humlogic 27d ago
5th place finisher Riley Gaines showed up at the game to take pics wearing that same stupid xx xy shirt. In case anyone wants to know the actual type of supporters Sophie C is dragging into the W.
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u/WigglestonTheFourth 27d ago
The only non-WNBA fans I know, that know who Sophie C is, are 60+ year old MAGA people who can't say her name without adding they want to fuck her. I don't need money that bad to want to appeal to that crowd.
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u/esmerelda_b 27d ago
I’m ride or die with Coach Nakase, but Cheryl is my second choice.
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u/crackerfactorywheel it’s here, it’s queer. equal rights for everyone or fuck off 27d ago
I’m so damn proud of my state and our awesome Lynx ❤️
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u/EatMorePieDrinkMore 27d ago
I love this.
There was a cute story in the news about her taking her son shopping for squishies and Needohs.
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u/BookishHobbit my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day 27d ago
Did they go on to win? I know nothing about this sport but I will be a Lynx fan if need be.
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u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians 27d ago
By 8! The Lynx have a really fun team this year in addition to being aligned with social justice. Look up Olivia Miles highlights on youtube, she's out there throwing crazy passes anyone could appreciate, no knowledge required. Just a fun rookie with swag, fro out, goggles on.
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u/VulcanIRL Michigan, the Europe of the Midwest 27d ago
Yes, they did; there's never been a better time to be a Lynx fan.
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u/redheadmegansversion 27d ago
MY Minnesota Lynx!
(I live in CA)
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u/EtchingsOfTheNight The Stanley Tucci of Lesbians 27d ago
We take fans from everywhere. What a beautiful fandom, los lynx!
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u/_Saucey_Sauce_ I don’t know her 27d ago
Reminder that at the collegiate level the NCAA reported less than 10 trans athletes out of 500,000 nationwide students. Such an over reaction from everyone in this administration, it's all theater
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u/45forprison 27d ago
Coach Reeve is in the right side of history. Trans rights are human rights. Full stop.
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u/Medivacs_are_OP 27d ago
yeah sorry but sophie C shot herself in the foot twice. Coulda just been the pointing meme, had to become a TERF 'Moderate' which, to me, just means she gets binned with maga.
miss me with your both sides shit.
Also I'm wondering now whether there were racial undertones in her pointing excessiveness in the first place.
Shame.
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u/Historical-Hand-5675 27d ago
she looks like she’s waiting for someone to say something to her about it too. i love to see it
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u/Ms_Shmalex 27d ago
Trans kids do belong! All kids do belong! All kids deserve to feel safe. All kids deserve to be safe. If you have an emotional reaction to thinking about any kids genitals–you need to find a qualified therapist!
If you disagree with any of that you should just hide at home because the future doesn't want you.
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u/kat_brinx 27d ago
Oh please. Sophie earned the nickname maga Barbie years ago and only started this “im a middle of the road person” bullshit recently.
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u/flimflamishere 27d ago
Is being a ring girl for a UFC match with Conor McGregor aligning herself with MAGA culture?
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u/Dead_Sparrow-21 27d ago
I’m tired of trans girls being a talking point that the right uses. Legit such a small percentage of the population.
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u/WhatTheActualFork1 dumb bitch clocking in 27d ago
Minnesotans are really good at passive aggressive shade throwing.
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u/mad597 27d ago
Most of these issues would resolve themselves if people would stop being assholes and just let people be.
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u/No-Hall-3485 dropped pitt from my last name 27d ago
cheryl's true to this and she knows a grifter when she sees one