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The Atlanta Dream drew criticism from online fans after two female fans complained that stadium security forced them to cover the XX YY athletics T-shirts they were wearing at the Dream vs. Indiana Fever game on Sunday.
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Kasey Thomason and her daughter Annie claim that they bought $1,000 tickets for Row 3 of Floor C at the State Farm Arena to support the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham. Although they admitted to wearing matching XX XY Athletics shirts, they said they didn’t bring any placards or try to disrupt the game. Despite that, security told them to cover the message on their shirts or be forced to leave the game.
They obliged so that they could watch the game, but expressed their disappointment afterward:
“He didn’t know what was offensive about it. He said he didn’t even understand, but since someone told on us and said that they were offensive, we had to cover up, put on our free Atlanta Dream shirt instead of our XX XY,” Kasey said.
“I am flabbergasted. It’s the first time I’ve ever experienced anything like that. And I had no words, except like ‘Who is offended by a t-shirt?’” added Annie.
“Who is offended by science?” the mother added.
🚨The Mother and Daughter Who Were FORCED to Cover Up Their Pro Women T Shirts at the WNBA game Speak Out.
“I am flabbergasted, first time I have ever experienced anything like that. Who is offended by a T-shirt…”
This is absolutely OUTRAGEOUS. The WNBA desperately needs… pic.twitter.com/zXqTrkIIxh
— J (@JayTC53) August 17, 2026
Not about the shirts, but the brand
Well, nobody was offended by science because if you look at the shirt, there is nothing offensive about chromosomes. But that t-shirt was from XX XY Athletics, which is owned by Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer who competed against controversial transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in the NCAA. Gaines has since turned into an activist who heavily campaigns against transgender athletes in female sports. So that was the issue with their shirts.
Immediately after the game, online fans called out the Dream for their treatment of a paying fan. However, one day later, the team’s official “X” account explained that it was not their arena’s security personnel who accosted Kasey and Annie, but a member of the WNBA‘s security staff.
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“The Atlanta Dream believes in creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone. Unfortunately, at last night’s game, WNBA security took actions that fell short of that standard. At no point was Dream personnel involved in the decisions made by the WNBA security. The league issued a statement earlier today: The WNBA is aware of interactions at last night’s game in Atlanta in which fans were made to remove their shirts by league security to cover their shirts. This should not have happened,” the team said in a statement.
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What is the security setup during WNBA games?
The Dream’s statement sounds confusing, but it’s not. While day-to-day venue security inside WNBA arenas is handled by either the local arena or the home team’s personnel, the WNBA also deploys security officers during games to oversee operations and ensure that the league’s policies are followed.
According to the mother, the security officer who flagged them did not even know what the message on their shirts said. He just acted on a complaint from somebody else, most likely another fan. And so even if he did not know what he was accusing them of, he forced them to wear the Dream fee shirts over the ones they were wearing.
However, when the Minnesota Lynx hosted the Fever a while back, no such officer asked Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve to cover up her “trans kids belong” t-shirt, which she wore a blazer over but was clearly visible every time the TV camera focused on her. That’s the kind of inconsistency that’s made the WNBA look foolish in the last month or so. And that’s why we have guys like Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White declaring for the WNBA Draft.
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This story was originally published August 18, 2026 at 6:05 AM.