Team Blames ‘WNBA Security’ For Targeting Sophie Cunningham Fans

The Atlanta Dream issued a statement on Monday, effectively blaming “WNBA Security” for a confrontation at Sunday’s game that led to a mother and daughter being forced to cover up their pro-woman attire.

“The Atlanta Dream believes in creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone,” the statement read. “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 WNBA security.”

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“The league issued this statement earlier today,” the Dream added. “‘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.'”

At the game in question, which featured the Indiana Fever playing the Dream at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Kasey Thomason and her daughter Annie said that after shelling out thousands for good seats, they were approached by arena security and told to cover their XX-XY Athletics shirts or leave. As The Daily Wire previously reported, Kasey’s shirt featured the XX-XY logo in red, white, and blue; Annie’s shirt, with an XX on the front, came from the Riley Gaines collection and read, “For the Girls,” across the back.

They had gone to the game to show their support for Fever shooting guard Sophie Cunningham — who recently drew fire from the far-Left when she defended sex-based rights for women and girls in athletics — and with just two minutes left in overtime, they were told to cover up their shirts because someone had determined that they were “offensive.”

“Biology and science is offensive?” Kasey asked. But Kasey and Annie ultimately put on the offered Atlanta Dream “Wellness & Health Night” shirts so that they could see the end of the game — which the Fever won, 95-91.

Kasey and Annie said they believe another fan — who had come to the game wearing a shirt that read “Trans Kids Belong In Sports” — had tipped off security to come and get them. That same woman, they said, commented on their newly acquired “Wellness & Health Night” shirts in mocking tones after they were forced to put them on.