Mom, Daughter Face Ejection Threat at Indiana Fever Game Over XX-XY Shirts
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Updated · KATU · Aug 17
Mom, Daughter Face Ejection Threat at Indiana Fever Game Over XX-XY Shirts
3 articles · Updated · KATU · Aug 17
Summary
Kasey Thomason and her daughter Annie were told at an Indiana Fever game to change their XX-XY Athletics shirts or be escorted out after a security guard said other fans were offended.
Fox News reported the guard first asked them to leave their seats to speak with him, framing the issue as a fan complaint rather than a violation announced to the crowd.
ESPN broadcast footage, however, showed fans approaching the pair to say they liked the shirts, undercutting the claim that the apparel had broadly caused offense.
The dispute lands amid a wider debate around women’s sports after Fever player Sophie Cunningham said earlier this year that biological men should stay out of women’s sports and that Title IX protections must be preserved.