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The Fever put out a statement Thursday that didn't directly
address Turner's comments.
“Protecting our players and employees and maintaining a
respectful, professional workplace is our top priority,” the
Fever said. “Our policy is to take concerns seriously,
investigate thoroughly, and act promptly when appropriate to
protect the people in our organization and ensure everyone is
treated with professionalism and respect. Fostering trust and
safety in that process means we do not comment on personnel
matters involving former employees.”
Turner’s comments were part of a series of posts she made in
defense of transgender athletes.
"To date there’s been one out trans player in the league. They
caused zero problems,” Turner wrote in the posts on X on
Wednesday. “An issue that has caused problems though? Last year
on my WNBA team a male staff member was fired for sexual
harassment, but we were encouraged to keep quiet about it. That
is an issue."
She didn't provide details of the firing.
Turner’s comments came after a former teammate, Fever guard
Sophia Cunningham, had also weighed in on the issue of
transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.
"I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m
like, ‘I never once said that,’” Cunningham was quoted as saying
in a story published this week by ESPN. “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."
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