Women's advocacy leader asks 'why have a WNBA if we're going to allow guys in' amid trans debate

Patti Garibay, a girls group leader, discusses Sophie Cunningham's stance on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports with Fox News Digital.

Sophie Cunningham is grabbing the attention of women's advocacy groups.

Patti Garibay founded American Heritage Girls in 1993 as a way to keep faith in the Girl Scout mission, but as she feels biological girls' and women's safe spaces have been taken over by biological men, she now has a new goal in mind.

"There's so much confusion around it. What were traditionally safe spaces and places for women are no longer safe spaces and places," Garibay said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "And now parents, even when they're calling our office asking about potentially bringing their daughter into American Heritage Girls, the question is about policies, membership policies, and are you biologically female, or do you allow others in, because all of the other organizations, youth organizations are now allowing boys that say that they feel like they're girls into these intimate spaces and places, such as the cabin at the camp or the locker room at the sports team.

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Sophie Cunningham signs autographs for fans ahead of the Indiana Fever's game against the Portland Fever on Friday. (Jaime Valdez-Imagn Images)

"These are of grave concerns to parents because they want those safe places for their daughters to be able to really thrive, not worry about competition of biological male against them."

The issue has now gone well into the sports conversation, and Garibay is wondering, "Why have a WNBA if we're going to allow guys in?"

That's why Garibay felt a sigh of relief when Cunningham showed her support for keeping trans athletes