WNBA Says Fans Should Have Been Free to Wear Shirts with Messaging About Transgender Issue

WNBA says security wrong to censor trans message shirts at game

The league said it has told the security staff involved they were wrong to intervene, after at least three fans were stopped over their shirts. The post WNBA says fans’ trans shirts should not have been censored: ‘Security fell short’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.

WNBA Issues Non-Apology After Mother and Daughter Were Told to Cover XX-XY Shirts

The WNBA continues to make headlines over its unwillingness to stand for women’s athletics.  The most recent controversy occurred when the security guard at a game between the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream told Kasey Thomason and her daughter, Annie, to cover up their “offensive” XX-XY Athletics t-shirts – or be removed from the game. The league compounded its wrongdoing with this tepid statement: The WNBA is aware of interactions at last …

WNBA admits fans wrongly told to cover shirts in trans debate

The WNBA acknowledged in a statement Monday that fans should have been free to wear shirts referencing the debate over transgender athletes during Sunday's game between the Atlanta Dream and the Indiana Fever, after at least three spectators were confronted by league security at State Farm Arena.

Woke, women, or weird? What does the W in WNBA stand for?

It shouldn’t be this complicated for the Women’s National Basketball Association to have a controversy-free week. Yet, as the league has risen from the depths of obscurity and increased viewership and popularity, it is becoming more known for its series of unfortunate events and unforced errors than for dynamic female athleticism on the basketball court. And one of the reasons for this is unquestionably that, for some weird, odd reason, the WNBA…

WNBA Apologizes for Another Attack on Female Fans Wearing XX-XY Shirts

On Monday, for the second time in the past month, the WNBA had to apologize to female ticketholders who showed up at games sporting XX-XY shirts in support of Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham’s comments that biological males shouldn’t compete against female athletes by identifying as transgender women.At Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Dream and the visiting Fever, the Dream’s security officers told Kasey Thomason and her 17-year-old daughter, Annie, that they had to either cover their XX-XY Athletics shirts or leave the stadium.

WNBA: Fans should not have been told to cover XX-XY 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 league said in a statement Monday that the fans should have been free to wear the XX-XY Athletics shirts. […]