Daughters of the American Revolution Board To Vote To Keep Trans-Identifying Men Out

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) National Board of Management (NBM) will have the chance on Saturday to vote to keep trans-identifying men out of the historically female group.

“Last year I called attention to the radical trans-identifying men who are attempting to invade the Daughters of the American Revolution,” The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles wrote on X. “This Saturday, DAR leadership will vote on whether or not to let them.”

On Feb. 8, the DAR NBM, a group made up of executive officers, state regents, and honorary vice presidents general, will meet to vote on a bylaw amendment to prohibit all men, including trans-identifying males, from the group. If approved, it will be heard by the entire DAR membership at its Continental Congress gathering in June. 

Knowles previously revealed — in a viral thread on X — how a group of daughters were “channeling their rebellious spirit of their forebears” by fighting back “this time building a larger, grassroots effort to affirm the original intent of the bylaws and prevent men from continuing to invade their genealogical society.”

UPDATE: Last year I called attention to the radical trans-identifying men who are attempting to invade the Daughters of the American Revolution. This Saturday, DAR leadership will vote on whether or not to let them.https://t.co/SXtcYYbkaN

— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) February 6, 2025

Knowles shared details of an internal DAR FAQ document which said that “members are expected to pretend that ‘transgender women’ have always been eligible and that their inclusion took place ‘organically,’ as if implicit in bylaws written before ‘transgenderism’ was even thought to exist.”

In January, the Texas DAR Chapter decided to fight back against its national organization’s decision to allow trans-identifying males into their organization, as previously reported.

In a letter from the Martha Laird Chapter — with help from the Center for American Liberty (CAL) — it has pushed back against a threat from its leadership that by prohibiting transgender males, the DAR would somehow lose its tax-exempt status, Fox News reported.

“Members have been told that in order to keep our nonprofit status we must allow men who submit an altered birth certificate indicating they are female to be eligible members,” a letter on the DAR Facebook page read. “Our hope is that once members and the NBM can feel confident that our nonprofit status is not in jeopardy, they will no longer feel intimidated and vote to allow this bylaw amendment to be heard at Continental Congress.”

In Sept. 2024, the Texas chapter — with the endorsement of eleven other Chapters — submitted a second proposed bylaw amendment to prohibit all men, including trans-identifying males, from the group, after a prior one was rejected on the basis that it would put their nonprofit status in jeopardy, a letter from the group posted on Facebook read.

The new proposed bylaw amendment says, “A woman is defined as a biological female at conception, having naturally occurring X chromosomes, exclusive of Y chromosomes, and certified as female or girl on the original birth certificate. NSDAR and its chapters may not discriminate against an eligible applicant.”

The NBM vote comes after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order defining that the United States will only recognize two genders, male and female. It read, “‘Sex’ is not a synonym for and does not include the concept of ‘gender identity.’” The EO also reverses the prior policy of allowing people to change their sex on passports and personnel records.

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