Republican Rep. In November last year, Mace introduced a bill to ban transgender people from using bathrooms in accordance with their gender identity in buildings owned by the federal or the Washington D. Mace painted the bill as being a safety issue. The bill appears to also affect D. Republicans, with President Donald Trump, have railed against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, working quickly to end all such efforts across the federal government and putting those working on DEI issues on leave.
It also directly undermines our argument. Nancy Mace was literally a beneficiary of a DEI program. When a society destroys sex-segregated spaces, they all get destroyed. Maybe Mace should have thought about that before she destroyed the male-only Citadel to satisfy her own ego.
Mace delivered the commencement address at The Citadel, 25 years after she became the first woman to graduate from the school manga cum laude in But glass is meant to be broken. So, shatter it to pieces. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.
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