VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-19
“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that.’ 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.”
Sophie Cunningham · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Cunningham had told ESPN about a month earlier that she wanted to protect young girls in locker rooms and sports from biological men.
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