The World Cup Found Its Super Man Today and We Are Here for Him

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The attempt to turn the WNBA into the site of the next anti-trans culture war is going about as well as you’d expect. The most recent obstacle? They want Caitlin Clark to parrot her Indiana Fever teammate Sophie Cunningham’s transphobic commentary on participation in sports — and Clark won’t do it.

So far, what is easily one of the most progressive and queerest professional sports leagues on the planet has so far largely rejected Cunningham’s recent transformation into the Riley Gaines of women’s basketball. After the Indiana Fever guard told ESPN earlier this month that “young girls in sport… shouldn’t have to go against biological men” — a fairly flagrant transphobic dogwhistle — she has since doubled down on those comments, drawing both protesters and supporters at upcoming games.