One Of America’s Most Iconic Women’s Groups Is Pushing Members To Allow Biological Males To Join
Members of a historic female-only society are being warned they could violate human rights law if they vote to exclude “transgender” males from their ranks.
Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are voting on a resolution that would amend the group’s bylaws to clarify that only natural-born women can join the female-only society at its national meeting this week in Washington, D.C.
“The proposed resolution would blatantly violate the D.C. Human Rights Law,” states a legal analysis addressed to voting members from the DAR Executive Committee. “Refusing admission to transgender women facially discriminates against them based on gender identity.”
Gender identity is a term transgender activists use to describe a person’s feelings about their sex. The DAR’s headquarters are in Washington, D.C.
DAR allows men who believe they are women to join the historic female-only society, which prompted local chapters to put forward the resolution clarifying that only natural-born women could join the society. “The term ‘woman’ shall be understood to clearly mean a woman who was born female, and therefore, individuals who were born male shall not be eligible for membership; transgender women shall not be eligible for membership,” the proposed resolution states, according to a document reviewed by The Daily Wire.
The Daily Wire obtained an internal memo and legal analysis of the resolution distributed by the organization’s Executive Committee to voting members of DAR. The memo was dated June 19 — days before members would vote to decide if DAR’s future will remain exclusively female. The Executive Committee wrote it felt an “obligation” to provide educational information on the proposed resolution, warning it would “prohibit transgender women from joining the DAR,” according to the memo.
“At the 135th Continental Congress, voting members will consider a resolution submitted by a group of DAR chapters to prohibit transgender women from joining the DAR,” states the memo. “The National Board of Management has an obligation to ensure that members voting on consequential matters have access to information necessary to fully exercise that responsibility.”
The DAR Executive Committee called upon Professor Samuel Bagenstos, a professor of law at the University of Michigan with a history of involvement in LGBTQ+ litigation, to provide members with legal analysis of the “risks this resolution would create” for DAR.
“I worked on many regulations and initiatives involving the rights of transgender individuals,” Bagenstos wrote in his legal analysis.
Bagenstos served in the Biden administration from January 2021 to December 2024. He served as General Counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from June 2022 to December 2024, as it made radical moves to push transgenderism onto children. Bagenstos notes in his biography that he drafted and issued major rules on issues such as “the treatment of LGBTQ+ kids in the foster care system.”
The Executive Committee told DAR members informed decision-making is “best served when voting members have access to relevant information and expert analysis” and that Bagenstos’ legal analysis of the resolution was being distributed “in full and without modification,” according to the internal memo.
The legal analysis from Bagenstos strongly suggested DAR will face harsh consequences if it adopts the position that men cannot be women.
“I have reviewed the proposed resolution that would introduce a requirement to bar transgender women from admission to membership in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In my legal opinion, implementing the proposed resolution would expose the National Society to significant risk of being found in violation of the District of Columbia Human Rights Law,” Bagenstos wrote in the opening paragraph of the legal analysis. “If found in violation, the National Society could be required to pay damages to those excluded from membership. More significantly, it would likely lose both its D.C. tax exemption and any licenses or permits to operate Constitution Hall.”
The three page legal analysis provided by Bagenstos concluded with a strong message to members that the adoption of the female-only resolution would “very likely” have dire financial consequences for the organization.
“The proposed resolution would very likely expose the National Society to liability for damages and injunctive relief—as well as the revocation of business licenses and tax-exempt status–under D.C. law,” wrote Bagenstos.
Bagenstos did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.
Founded in 1890, the DAR aimed to give women the same opportunities as men to “promote Historic Preservation, Education, and Patriotism” in the United States. Throughout its more than 130-year history, DAR has welcomed over a million members, supported American efforts in three major wars, and continues to serve active-duty military members and veterans, as described on its website.
The Daughters of the American Revolution did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.
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