Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve reiterated her support for the transgender community after her team’s 86–66 victory over the Indiana Fever. Her comments came as rival rallies about transgender participation in women’s sport took place outside the Target Center, highlighting the continuing dispute surrounding the issue in the WNBA.

Reeve said messages from transgender people and their families made her decision to wear a “Trans Kids Belong” shirt one of the season’s most meaningful moments. She has addressed the subject at least four times this season, arguing that transgender children should have access to sport while acknowledging that eligibility becomes more complicated after puberty; Fever player Sophie Cunningham has publicly supported excluding biological males from women’s and girls’ sport.