Cheryl Reeve advocates for trans athletes before Fever game - ESPN

Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve reiterated her support for transgender athletes on Saturday, a day before Sophie Cunningham and the Indiana Fever visit Minneapolis for a showdown between two of the WNBA's top teams.

«I come from a space of inclusion,» Reeve told reporters. «The narrative that I think is problematic is to suggest that transgender athletes are the biggest problem in women's sports. This is what's bothersome. There is a faction of people in our country that are making this a massive issue.»

In a July 21 story on ESPN.com, Cunningham said she supported restricting transgender girls and women from girls' and women's sports. Cunningham's statements have brought significant attention to the issue within women's basketball.

«I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I'm like, 'I never once said that,'» Cunningham told ESPN. «I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men.»

A rally to support Cunningham is scheduled for Sunday outside Target Center. It would be the third straight Fever road game — following games in Seattle and Portland — that has drawn a demonstration.

Former gymnast Jennifer Sey, the organizer of the Minneapolis rally and the founder of the clothing brand XX-XY Athletics, said she was inspired by the Seattle rally.

«When I watched the response in Seattle, frankly, the rally was really quite positive,» Sey told Fox News Digital. «As soon as I saw that, I felt like, 'Well, I want to support her, too, at upcoming games.' So I figured I'll go to Minnesota.»

Reeve said she had no objections to people voicing