Overview
- Mace wrote "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" on X this week, and the post drew a Community Note highlighting her previous votes for marriage equality.
- The Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD condemned the remark, calling it attention-seeking and out of step with public values and legal protections for same-sex marriage.
- Her campaign reinforced the stance, with a spokesperson calling her the "loudest and proudest transphobe in Congress" and asserting there are "only TWO genders."
- The congresswoman had previously touted two votes for the Respect for Marriage Act and posted pro-LGBTQ messages in 2021 supporting nondiscrimination.
- Recent flashpoints include a viral Ulta confrontation with a gay constituent, a July declaration that she is a "proud transphobe," and proposals to restrict access to single-sex spaces.