WNBA coach takes subtle shot at Trump over 'attacks' on trans athletes

The WNBA celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility Monday, and 1 of its coaches appeared to instrumentality a changeable astatine President Donald Trump.

Minnesota Lynx caput manager Cheryl Reeve issued a connection saying determination person been "executive and legislative attacks" connected transgender people.

"On this transgender visibility day, a clip of escalating enforcement and legislative attacks attempting to contradict healthcare, acquisition and basal freedoms; a clip of epidemic violence, peculiarly against achromatic and brownish trans women — we observe trans and non-binary radical everywhere. You are seen and loved," Reeve's connection said

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Minnesota Lynx caput manager Cheryl Reeve reacts during the 2nd fractional of Game 5 of a 2024 WNBA playoff bid against the Connecticut Sun astatine Target Center.  (Matt Krohn/Imagn Images)

The squad besides posted a photograph of Reeve wearing a garment that said "Protect trans kids."

The league posted connected X astir its enactment for transgender people. It coincided with the last time of women’s past month. The station sparked reactions from women’s sports advocates who person championed Title IX and the efforts to support biologic males retired of girls and women’s sports.

Four years to the time of Reeve's connection and the team's post, Reeve wrote an op-ed successful Sports Illustrated, "We All Win When Trans Athletes Are Included." 

Minnesota Lynx caput manager Cheryl Reeve watches from the sideline against the Connecticut Sun during Game 4 of the 2024 WNBA semifinals astatine Mohegan Sun Arena.  (David Butler II/Imagn Images)

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"When we invited each pistillate athletes, including transgender pistillate athletes, to bring their afloat authentic selves to the game, we are stronger arsenic idiosyncratic players and arsenic a team," she wrote. "Transgender exclusion pits pistillate athletes against 1 another, reinforces the harmful conception that determination is lone 1 close mode to beryllium a pistillate and distracts america from the existent threats to women’s sports."

Reeve besides wrote that a transgender powerlifter banned from competing "simply cannot stand."

The WNBA celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility much than a period aft Trump signed the "No Men successful Women’s Sports" enforcement bid successful February. The NCAA changed its sex information policy, but critics person pointed retired loopholes successful it.

The Trump medication has besides clashed with Maine schoolhouse officials owed to the state’s refusal to reverse its argumentation connected transgender athletes participating successful girls and women’s sports. The Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights referred to the state’s "noncompliance with Title IX."

Minnesota Lynx caput manager Cheryl Reeve talks to the media earlier Game 4of the 2024 WNBA Finals against the New York Liberty astatine Target Center. (Matt Krohn/Imagn Images)

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There are nary players successful the WNBA who person transitioned from antheral to female. Layshia Clarendon came retired arsenic nonbinary successful 2020.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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