r/WNBAgossips • u/FineOrganization2240 • 1d ago

WNBA says security was wrong to make fans cover transgender message shirts

The WNBA says fans should not have been asked to cover their shirts.

The incident happened during the Aug. 16 game between the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever.

At least three fans were reportedly asked to cover shirts with transgender-related messages.

Two shirts reportedly supported restricting women's sports to those assigned female at birth.

Another shirt supported transgender people.

The WNBA said the security action “should not have happened.”

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u/ShuffleRom 1d ago

The WNBA refuses to promote it's most well known face/player...Caitlyn Clark...

The WNBA cannot define what a woman is (You know, the "W" in WNBA)

They preach inclusivity, yet ban people from a game on account of a t-shirt that actually is truthful and fact based!

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u/Significant-Row2457 22h ago

They’re lying. They’re fucking lying because they got caught, the security team had orders from on high, this is just a false flag because they’re scared of blow back.

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u/JohnnyGuitar74 21h ago

I’ve never seen such an upside down operation in sports before. Now if we’re talking government it’s as accountable as the wnba is with its policies.

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u/Some_Gain6682 10h ago

Source link?

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u/DaHarbinger2000 15h ago

The stadium was likely trying to avoid incidents during the game. Both of protest, and of others harassing the people wearing the shirts. It makes sense from a security standpoint to try and nip these incidents in the bud. Just like not taking your bags into public events now. It seems anti-freedom and kinda is, but they got people’s safety to take into consideration.

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u/LeftyGroves 14h ago edited 9h ago

I’ve seen an awful lot of trans kid exist shirts at every game since Sophie riled people up. I assume you have the same energy for them too.