NY Liberty run pro-trans messages on scoreboard vs Fever as protesters erupt outside arena, refuse interview

Pro-transgender activists declined to interview with OutKick at 'Sophie Night' rally.

The New York Liberty displayed at least three halftime scoreboard messages supporting transgender fans Saturday, one day after refunding a woman whose paid message thanking XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey was deemed ineligible.

Meanwhile, outside the Barclays Center, a large crowd of transgender activists held a counter protest to oppose the ninth Sophie Cunningham rally of the season. The activists refused an interview with Fox News Digital, crowded around the reporter putting flags and signs in his face and a sticker on his back, while chanting "trans lives matter!"

The pro-transgender crowd also took the glasses right off the head of a Fox News Digital photographer who was filming the interaction, and never returned them, the photographer says.

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During halftime of the the Liberty’s 109-102 victory over Cunningham and the Indiana Fever, three messages appeared on the arena’s scoreboard.

New York Liberty scoreboard displays pro-trans messaging (Fox News)

"Big welcome to the NY Liberty transgender fan community! So excited to be here with you all!!" one message read.

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A second read, "Welcome Trans Liberty fans! You are loved and you belong!"

"Hey trans fans! Glad you're here! Go Liberty!" the third message said.

The messages appeared during the same halftime program in which lesbian hip-hop artist Julie Potter expected her own submission to run.

Potter purchased 25 tickets costing more than $2,000 and paid an additional