Sophie Cunningham supporters open up on encounter with security, pro-trans fans in latest WNBA culture clash

Georgia locals Kasey and Annie Thomason spoke about their experience at a WNBA game, and an incident involving pro-transgender fans and a security representative. 

A mistaken decision by a WNBA security representative thrust the entire league back into the eye of the storm of a national culture war Sunday. But it began with subtle tension between two groups of fans with opposing views.

Kasey Thomason and her 17-year-old daughter Annie attended Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Dream and Indiana Fever to support Fever guard Sophie Cunningham and her stance on women’s sports.

They said they remained in their seats and had no confrontations during most of the game. By the fourth quarter, however, they noticed several Atlanta supporters wearing pro-transgender apparel looking in their direction.

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Local Georgia residents Kasey Thomason and her daughter, Annie (17) sitting three rows back at the Fever vs Dream game in Atlanta on Sunday, August 16th. (Courtesy of Kasey Thomason)

"Maybe like the fourth quarter, I could tell," one of the Thomasons recalled. "They were like two rows in front of us and maybe, you know, five or 10 people down to the right. And so it was clear that they had a problem, that they recognized what it was to have a problem with it."

Kasey and Annie said the opposing fans were rooting for the Atlanta Dream, and were distraught when Angel Reese missed the game-winning layup in the final seconds of the fourth quarter.

Then in overtime, the Thomasons said they saw one of them speaking with arena personnel and pointing toward them.

"Because we saw someone talking to one of the people about our shirts