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lgbtq

9 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.

Dispatches

  • Mace targets Celeste Keaton with anti-LGBTQ slur on X

    On July 31, 2026, from her personal X account, Rep. Nancy Mace posted a photo of a named individual, Celeste Keaton, and wrote 'She looks like a dyke,' using an anti-LGBTQ slur that runs against X's own hateful-conduct policy. Maceopedia documents the post as part of Mace's public language record. Maceopedia has not independently verified, and does not repeat as fact, the separate allegation Mace attached about the individual.

  • Qnotes frames Mace's anti-trans turn and primary collapse

    QnotesCarolinas published a June 25, 2026 political profile connecting Nancy Mace's fifth-place South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary finish to her high-profile anti-transgender campaign, her Trump/Epstein break, the House Ethics/OCC reimbursement referral, and criticism from former staffers and Republicans. The headline and sharper labels are Qnotes' own framing.

  • Mace posts 'Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve' during governor run

    While campaigning for South Carolina governor, Mace posted the anti-same-sex-marriage slogan 'Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve', three years after voting for the Respect for Marriage Act.

  • "A-E-I-O-U Instead of L-G-B-T-Q": A Pre-K Teacher's Reply to Nancy Mace Goes Viral

    On April 14, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace posted on X that she wants kids to learn about "A-E-I-O-U instead of L-G-B-T-Q." A pre-K teacher, Zoë Rose Bryant, replied that the alphabet is already in the curriculum and that her class was "working on S-T-F-U" that week. The exchange went viral.

  • Mace on Respect for Marriage Act: 'If gay couples want to be as happily or miserably married as straight couples, more power to them'

    On July 19, 2022, Mace tweeted in support of the Respect for Marriage Act after voting yes as one of 47 House Republicans, making a self-deprecating joke about her own multiple marriages, a stance she publicly reversed in October 2025.

Wiki & people

  • DEI & 'Gender Madness'

    Mace's congressional focus on opposing diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and what she has termed 'gender madness' in federal and local government.

  • Transgender & LGBTQ Policy

    Mace's record on transgender and LGBTQ issues, from early statements on marriage equality to her high-profile campaigns against transgender women in congressional bathrooms.

  • Harley Hicks

    Harley Hicks, a 20-year-old transgender USC student, was publicly directed anti-trans slurs by Rep. Nancy Mace at a campus event on April 21, 2025.

  • Sarah McBride

    U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE) became the first openly transgender member of Congress in 2024 and was explicitly targeted by a Nancy Mace bathroom-access resolution.