WNBA controversy over anti-trans shirts at Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream game

The Atlanta Dream and WNBA say a fan interaction 'should not have happened' after two women asked to cover shirts with anti-trans message.

Fans wearing shirts with messaging related to transgender athletes were asked to cover them up by league security on Sunday in Atlanta

Two fans were wearing shirts with XX-XY message Another fan told to cover shirt supporting trans people League: ‘This should not have happened’ At least three fans were asked by WNBA security personnel to cover shirts that had messages about transgender women participating in women’s sports during Sunday’s game in Atlanta between the Dream and the Indiana Fever. The league said in a statement Monday that the fans should have been allowed to wear the shirts. Continue reading...

During Sunday’s Atlanta Dream-Indiana Fever game, some fans were allegedly instructed by league security to cover up statement shirts with messaging related to the debate on transgender athletes. According to an Associated Press report, two of these shirts (which came from the XX-XY line) bore a message that supported female athletes, while another shirt expressed solidarity with transgender people.

At least three fans were asked by WNBA security personnel to cover shirts that had messages about transgender women participating in women's sports during Sunday's Fever-Dream game. The league said Monday the fans should have been free to wear the shirts.

At least three fans were asked by WNBA security personnel to cover shirts that had messages about transgender women participating in women's sports during Sunday's game at Atlanta between the Dream and the Indiana Fever. “The WNBA is aware of interactions at (Sunday) night’s game in Atlanta in which fans were asked by league security to cover their shirts,” the statement said. The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on whether transgender women — people assigned male at birth who transition to align with their gender identity — should be allowed to participate in the league.

Two fans were asked by league security to cover their shirts, which bore messages regarding transgender athlete participation in women’s sports, during Sunday’s game between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream. A statement from a WNBA spokesperson said the individuals should not have been asked to do so. Per the statement, “The WNBA is aware of interactions at last night’s game in Atlanta in which fans were asked by league security to cover their shirts. This should not have happened.” One i

The WNBA admitted league security wrongly forced a mother and daughter to cover their XX-XY Athletics shirts during the Indiana Fever game in Atlanta.

Two WNBA fans, a mother and daughter, were told by security to cover up their T-shirts or risk being removed from the arena at the Atlanta Dream-Indiana Fever game. This is yet another in a long list of controversies the league has been piling up of late, much of which is centered around the polarizing debate regarding allowing transgender athletes to play in women’s sports.

The WNBA had one of its most exciting games of the season on Sunday when Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever took on Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream in what is emerging as one of the premier rivalries in the league. It was a back-and-forth affair the entire way, with the Fever ultimately winning…