‘You’re disgusting:’ Woman berates basketball fan over controversial anti-LGBTQ shirt

A confrontation at a WNBA Finals game has drawn attention after a woman was filmed telling a basketball fan to end her life over the shirt she was wearing. The fan in question is Jennifer Sey, the founder and CEO of XX-XY Athletics, a clothing brand known for campaigning against trans people participating in professional sports

Sey attended the first game of the WNBA Finals between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream alongside a group of friends, with everyone wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts. Sey wrote in the caption that the group was criticized for supposedly “antagonizing people” with their shirts.

The footage Sey shared shows security personnel escorting the group away from their seats after complaints about the shirts. As they left, a woman can be seen raising her middle finger at the group and appearing to try to knock the phone from Sey’s hand. The woman then repeatedly called Sey “disgusting” before telling her to “f—ing kill yourself” as the group continued walking away.

“Trying to rile up a base of folks”

The video continued as a security staff member spoke with Sey and her friends about the incident. During the conversation, the staff member indicated that the shirts did not violate the venue’s fan code of conduct, but asked the group not to hold them up or direct them toward other spectators. Sey and her friends were ultimately allowed to return to their seats.

In a separate video, one of Sey’s friends claimed the group was there to support girls. Sey also defended their decision to wear the shirts, arguing that displaying the message was not intended as a provocation. She said she wanted to help normalize opposition to transgender women participating in women’s sports, framing the position as a way to protect girls’ opportunities and privacy.

The brand itself argues: “Women deserve the opportunities that sports and single sex spaces provide. Sex matters. It is the single biggest determinant of athletic performance. It is unfair and dangerous to allow males (XY) to compete in girls’ and women’s (XX) sports.”

That is countered by LGBTQ+ rights campaigners. Per The Guardian, Anna Castro, deputy communications director at the Transgender Law Center, said XX-XY shirts are “really about trying to rile up a base of folks who already show some sort of anti-gender ideology.”

This has not been the first time people have been outraged over the said T-shirts. In another WNBA game, an adult man called out young teenage girls wearing the XX-XY shirts.