The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), an organization whose members are direct female descendants of patriots who fought in the American Revolution, has sold out to the trans lobby.
Last Friday, DAR formally rejected a proposed ban on so-called “transgender women” (dudes in dresses) joining the group, meaning that any man who purports to be a woman can join up as a “transdaughter.”
“The members’ resolution failed by a vote of 1,481 to 984 after a bitter procedural fight that many attendees say was engineered to produce exactly that outcome,” according to the New York Post.
Investigative journalist Mollie Hemingway reported on the social media platform X that the daughter of DAR’s top executive official has been “a strong supporter of transing” the organization.
Ginnie Sebastian Storage, Daughters of the American Revolution President General — and a strong supporter of transing DAR — sent a note to members telling them that the vote against transing DAR failed, and everybody needs to accept it and move on. Many chapters are enraged.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) June 29, 2026
The Post notes that the initial vote on the failed ban was stopped before counting began because of complaints from opponents of the measure (i.e., the pro-trans people) that they’d observed cheating.
“That launched a lengthy and convoluted second vote that required thousands of women to cast ballots one at a time — in a process that stretched for roughly 12 hours,” according to the Post. “Delegates, many of them elderly, were effectively confined to the convention hall with only two bathroom breaks and no food service if they wanted their votes to count.”
“Consumed by this single issue, convention organizers canceled luncheon events, disrupted award ceremonies and pulled the plug on service projects honoring troops and veterans. Intentionally or not, the process inevitably suppressed participation — and left many wondering whether exhaustion was part of the leadership’s strategy,” the reporting continued.
Thanks to DAR’s vote, many members are now having second thoughts about their membership in the legendary, exclusive organization.
Today I posted a meme celebrating America’s birthday and my two patriots. Tonight I am rethinking my DAR membership :(. I was so proud when I did all the hard work going back centuries to document each connection, now I am rethinking it.
— Lynn (@LGambino1) June 29, 2026
Erin, a DAR member from California, told the Post that she’d intended to spend big on special DAR insignia and keepsakes ahead of America’s 250th birthday but ended up changing her mind.
“I didn’t really feel like going to anything the rest of the week,” she said. “I was depressed. I was tapped out. I didn’t buy any merch this year, nothing. I’m not giving to them outside of my required dues. I am not giving them a penny.”
According to Erin, many other women are following her lead by continuing to only pay their membership fees.
The only catch is that DAR was already on track to do all this. Three years ago, the organization amended its guidelines to include language protecting transgender members from discrimination in the application process, according to The Washingtonian.
“Some have asked if this means a transgender woman can join DAR or if this means that DAR chapters have previously welcomed transgender women,” DAR president Pamela Rouse Wright wrote in a newsletter at the time. “The answer to both questions is, yes.”
And so transgender people have been participating in DAR for a minute, though thanks to Friday’s ruling, their involvement with the historical organization will now be permanent, much to many women’s chagrin.
As a daughter of the American Revolution…PLEASE TELL ME THAT IT IS A ABSOLUTE FABRICATION THAT DAR’S voted to admit trans!!!
No matter what your thoughts are on this, it flies in the face of our founding fathers and families that gave their lives for this country.— Michelle Quesada (@MichelleQuesa10) June 29, 2026
Laura McDonald, a DAR member who’d led the effort to ban guys from participating, told IW Features that the goal of Friday’s vote was to “close the loophole that allows men who self-identify as women to be eligible for membership.”
In response to her campaign, pro-trans members of the group formed their own lobbying faction called Daughters for Inclusivity, according to Them.
“I cannot fathom that a group formed because of prejudice against women is now doing the same thing to our trans sisters,” one member of the sub-group reportedly wrote on social media. “The irony is mind-blowing to me.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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