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The New York Liberty flashed messages welcoming transgender fans on the Barclays Center scoreboard during halftime of Saturday\u2019s win over the Indiana Fever.<\/p>\n

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The gesture landed one day after the team refunded a fan whose paid tribute to a women\u2019s sports advocacy brand was rejected, according to OutKick.<\/p>\n

Three separate messages ran during the break in the Liberty\u2019s 109-102 victory, OutKick reported. \u201cBig welcome to the NY Liberty transgender fan community! So excited to be here with you all!!\u201d the first read. A second told fans, \u201cWelcome Trans Liberty fans! You are loved and you belong!\u201d The third said, \u201cHey trans fans! Glad you\u2019re here! Go Liberty!\u201d<\/p>\n

Those messages appeared during the same halftime slot where Julie Potter expected her own submission to run. Potter, a lesbian hip-hop artist, spent more than $2,000 on 25 tickets and paid another $100 for a scoreboard tribute reading \u201cThank you Jennifer Sey! XX-XY Athletics will Save the Day!!\u201d according to OutKick. The team accepted her payment, then told her a day before the game it had rewritten the wording, the outlet reported. The Liberty later refunded her. (RELATED: \u2018See You At Training Camp\u2019: Former NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom Declares For 2027 WNBA Draft)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, this is censorship. My message was approved and payment was accepted. You then changed it without giving me any opportunity to revise or respond, and you did so inside your own 48-hour window,\u201d Potter wrote in an email reviewed by Outkick. She added, \u201cWhy would I pay to let you speak for me?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The team defended the decision by citing its content rules. \u201cOur scoreboard messages are limited to positive, celebratory content, and submissions that may intentionally or unintentionally violate that spirit are not eligible for display,\u201d the Liberty sales team told Potter, according to OutKick. <\/p>\n

Jennifer Sey founded XX-XY Athletics, an apparel company that campaigns to keep transgender athletes out of women\u2019s sports categories, Fox News Digital reported. Sey is a former national champion gymnast and former Levi Strauss brand president. The dispute grew out of comments by Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who said in July that she wanted to \u201cprotect young girls in a locker room\u201d and believed girls \u201cshouldn\u2019t have to go against biological men,\u201d according to Mediaite.<\/p>\n

Outside the arena, supporters and opponents of Cunningham\u2019s position clashed at dueling rallies separated by NYPD barriers, according to the New York Post. The confrontation followed earlier incidents involving fans who backed Cunningham, including a Seattle Storm co-owner\u2019s suspension and an episode in Atlanta the WNBA said should not have happened.<\/p>\n

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Outkick he admired Cunningham for speaking out despite the criticism she faced. Paxton said the league should protect the ability of fans to express differing opinions peacefully, and he would not back away from his stance on women\u2019s sports or the treatment of Cunningham\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n

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