Crypto Traders Claim Responsibility For WNBA Sex Toy Stunts Amid Trans Athlete Debate

WNBA star Natasha Cloud

Sex Toy disruptions return to WNBA despite league's one-year ban threat. Natasha Cloud slams 'extremely weak' sex toy Disruptions as WNBA incidents return.

WNBA star Natasha Cloud condemns 'unwarranted hate' as sex toy disruptions return...

The problem of fans throwing sex toys onto WNBA courts that plagued the league in 2025 has resurfaced, despite new measures from the league.

Last season, six WNBA games in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta were stopped when fans threw sex toys onto the court during play. One of the young men involved said it was “supposed to be a joke.” 

The copycat stunts were widely condemned by players, coaches and league officials for their sexist and misogynistic undertones. Critics also said they made a mockery of a league now valued at more than US$5 billion.

The WNBA tried to stop it by introducing a minimum one-year ban and warning of prosecution from local authorities. But the problem surfaced again this weekend during Friday night’s game between the Chicago Sky and Golden State Valkyries.

That followed another incident just 24 hours earlier. A weeknight game between the Atlanta Dream and Los Angeles Sparks was halted in the third quarter when a green sex toy was thrown onto the court. A man was later seen running from the arena to avoid security.

According to sources familiar with the situation, stadium security caught the man and turned him over to police.

“That hate is unwarranted ... and it says more about the internal struggles of that individual than it ever will say about the collective group (of WNBA players),” Cloud added.

“And the men that are throwing it, it shows that you are weak. Like, extremely weak. And it says a lot about how you feel about women.”

After the Sky’s 73-70 win, Cloud condemned Friday night’s disruption and called the perpetrator and anyone supporting them “extremely weak.”

A green sex toy was thrown onto the court during the WNBA game between the LA Sparks and Atlanta Dream. pic.twitter.com/q4GpmbSfpA

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What was first pitched as an attention-grabbing joke by cryptocurrency traders has now become tied to a divisive discussion on transgender athletes in the WNBA. The group took credit for this week’s spate of incidents and said they will continue until the league “explicitly bans transgender players or 'defines what a woman is by biological sex'” in competition rules.

No openly transgender player has ever competed in the WNBA. The league has also not issued a formal policy, stating only that “players who are women are eligible to play” in its Collective Bargaining Agreement.