Smith College in Amherst, Massachusetts is a historically all-women’s college. This spring, they decided to give an honorary degree to Rachel Levine, the trans woman who worked in the Biden administration as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health.
I there’s one thing progressives in higher education love to do, it’s virtue signaling.
It’s amazing that after all the actions Trump has taken with schools like Harvard and Columbia, there are still left wing schools that are trying to double-down on the woke agenda.
The 2024 election sent a very clear message on issues like this one but the left just doesn’t care.
The College Fix reported:
Women’s college bestows honorary degree to trans man Rachel Levine
Smith College, an all-female institution, has bestowed an honorary degree to Rachel Levine, a biological male who identifies as female.
The honor was awarded Sunday during the private school’s commencement ceremony, at which Levine also spoke to the graduates and their families.
Levine, a polarizing figure, is known for being the first openly transgender four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and was also the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health under President Joe Biden. Levine, whose original name was Richard, also previously served as Pennsylvania’s health secretary.
Levine has been widely criticized for stances supporting sweeping transgender transitioning treatments, even for young children, and Draconian policies during COVID-19.
In announcing the honorary degree, Smith described Levine on its website as an “accomplished physician, public health expert, and LGBTQ+ advocate.”
The decision drew a protest outside the school a day before the ceremony from representatives of Women’s Declaration International, a feminist organization that advocates for sex-based protections for women, WORLD reported.
Riley Gaines commented about this on Twitter/X:
Smith college, a private *women’s* college in Massachusetts, awarded Rachel (Richard) Levine an honorary degree today.
He then delivered the commencement address.
Ladies, congratulations — your graduation was led by the very thing feminism was allegedly fighting. pic.twitter.com/3LJyuNHDDV
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 18, 2025
Feminists clearly don’t care. Like everyone on the left, politics comes before anything else. They probably see this as an act of ‘resistance’ against Trump.
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