Smith School in Amherst, Massachusetts is a traditionally all-women’s school. This spring, they determined to present an honorary diploma to Rachel Levine, the trans lady who labored within the Biden administration as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Well being.
If there’s one factor progressives in greater training like to do, it’s advantage signaling.
It’s wonderful that after all of the actions Trump has taken with faculties like Harvard and Columbia, there are nonetheless left wing faculties which can be attempting to double-down on the woke agenda.
The 2024 election despatched a really clear message on points like this one however the left simply doesn’t care.
The College Fix reported:
Ladies’s school bestows honorary diploma to trans man Rachel Levine
Smith School, an all-female establishment, has bestowed an honorary diploma to Rachel Levine, a organic male who identifies as feminine.
The dignity was awarded Sunday throughout the personal college’s graduation ceremony, at which Levine additionally spoke to the graduates and their households.
Levine, a polarizing determine, is understood for being the primary brazenly transgender four-star admiral within the U.S. Public Well being Service Commissioned Corps and was additionally the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Well being underneath President Joe Biden. Levine, whose authentic title was Richard, additionally beforehand served as Pennsylvania’s well being secretary.
Levine has been broadly criticized for stances supporting sweeping transgender transitioning therapies, even for younger youngsters, and Draconian insurance policies throughout COVID-19.
In saying the honorary diploma, Smith described Levine on its web site as an “achieved doctor, public well being knowledgeable, and LGBTQ+ advocate.”
The choice drew a protest exterior the varsity a day earlier than the ceremony from representatives of Ladies’s Declaration Worldwide, a feminist group that advocates for sex-based protections for ladies, WORLD reported.
Riley Gaines commented about this on Twitter/X:
Smith school, a personal *girls’s* school in Massachusetts, awarded Rachel (Richard) Levine an honorary diploma at this time.
He then delivered the graduation handle.
Girls, congratulations — your commencement was led by the very factor feminism was allegedly combating. pic.twitter.com/3LJyuNHDDV
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 18, 2025
Feminists clearly don’t care. Like everybody on the left, politics comes earlier than anything. They most likely see this as an act of ‘resistance’ towards Trump.
