Kasey Thomason and her daughter Annie recalled on Monday being threatened with an ejection from a game between the Indiana Fever and Atlanta Dream if they refused to shirts in the crowd.
Kasey and Annie said on Fox News Channels that they were approached by a security guard at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta who asked them to change the shirts in favor of a Dream T-shirt. Kasey said that the security guard wasnt even sure why he was being told to ask them to remove the shirts.
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“He didnt know what was offensive about it,” Kasey said. “He said he didnt even understand but since someone told on us and said that they were offensive, we had to cover up, put on our Atlanta Dream shirts instead of our XX-XY.”
Annie added, “I was flabbergasted. It was the first time I experienced anything like that. I just had no words except like who is offended by the T-shirt at this point?”
The WNBA released a statement on the incident earlier Monday.
“The WNBA is aware of interactions at last nights game in Atlanta in which fans were asked by league security to cover their shirts,” a league spokesperson said. “This should not have happened.”
Annie said the WNBAs statement didnt make it any better.
“Its 100% going to happen again until people actually do something about it,” she said. “And no, it does not make me feel better because theyre not going to do anything about it.”
A 2025 New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don’t think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women’s sports.
Of the 2,128 people who participated, who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports. Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women. Among 1,022 Republicans, that number was 94%.
Kasey said she believed Americans are in even more agreement than what the poll showed.
“Im pretty sure were like 90-10, 95-5 on men in womens sports, but that 5 or 10% is so loud against us and it makes no sense. Like, common sense, people. Thats all were asking for,” she said.
Fox News Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
