‘Who’s paying for this?’ Outrage follows announcement Dylan Mulvaney will be speaking at Catholic university

Concerns are being raised about Saint Louis University’s decision to invite Dylan Mulvaney to campus to speak about being transgender.

Mulvaney is the infamous biological male who purports to be a transgender woman. According to critics, he has no place at a religious Catholic-Jesuit school like St. Louis University.

Who’s paying for this? I hope Missouri taxpayers aren’t paying for this woke crap through some grant. #moleg @missourigop @SaintLouisU @stlyrs @STLGOP https://t.co/HHZHZ8KAId

— Senator Denny Hoskins, CPA (@DLHoskins) April 16, 2024

Yet Mulvaney has been invited to campus by the school’s Student Activities Board and its Great Issues Committee, the latter of which strives to “spark dialogue, engage in critical thinking, and have fun.”

According to the school’s website, Mulvaney will specifically speak about “experiences as a trans actress, activist, and content creator.”

The invitation to speak has excited transgender activists.

“Obviously giving a voice to trans people at a Jesuit institution is a big deal,” Micah Ballard of the city’s Metro Trans Umbrella Group, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “It’s cool to see them bringing in a very different perspective students aren’t used to.”

Robert Fischer, a spokesperson for Missouri’s LGBTQ+ advocacy group PROMO, added that the school is “walking the walk.”

“It’s something to be celebrated — religious communities who celebrate and showcase trans and LGBTQ communities,” he said. “Sometimes those speakers or voices are left out.”

That’s one way to look at things, but conservatives definitely view things differently.

Alternative headline:

“Fraud who likes to mock what it’s REALLY like to be a woman is embarrassingly invited to SLU”
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Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to speak at St. Louis University https://t.co/kMJhoJQjHr via @stltoday

— Mark Reardon (@MarkReardonKFTK) April 16, 2024

Alexandra Leung, the president of the school’s College Republicans club, argued in a statement that Mulvaney’s whole message and shtick contradicts the school’s Catholic teachings.

“Mulvaney’s comments have been deemed disrespectful and derogatory towards women and to SLU’s central mission,” she said.

But she also said she doesn’t plan to protest Mulvaney’s appearance, unlike the leftists who invariably protest conservative events.

Instead, Leung invited women’s sports activist Paula Scanlan to speak at the school a day after Mulvaney’s event, but the school conveniently claimed that its security couldn’t accommodate the request. Yet the school never complained when leftist actress Jameela Jamil spoke in January or when Tan France of “Queer Eye” spoke last year.

Meanwhile, conservatives on social media say the school is a disgrace and should be ashamed of itself.

Look:

What an absolute disgrace . SLU is and has been a complete clownshow for years . It’s not surprising. They would invite a clown .

— The Last FBI Director (@Demodred2022) April 20, 2024

Why is @SLU_Official promoting a “speaker” whose behavior is destructive and immoral while refusing a speaker whose behavior promotes good moral values? Shame on them!

— Suzanne – RealWoman1984 (@RealWoman1984) April 20, 2024

May God have mercy on us all. Disillusionment never wins. Boundaries have just been removed by the Biden administration and a Catholic University has aligned itself with Satan.

Jesus, mercy. Amen.

— plain sight (@m3_sight) April 20, 2024

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Why is he a speaker? He brings nothing intellectual to a university or anywhere for that matter. He always begged for attention and he found that by putting on make up, wearing women’s clothing and mocking womanhood, he could get it. I don’t get it.

— Kim’s Deck (@KrdDeck) April 20, 2024

DO NOT send your children to @SLU

100% breeding ground of liberal indoctrination and the silencing of dissenting viewpoints.

Ask @MattWalshBlog how it went when he was a visiting speaker.

I had to learn the hard way. My daughter graduated from there last May.

— mkennedyw (@Megultra) April 19, 2024

All this comes about a month out after singer Lady Gaga stirred up massive controversy by celebrating Mulvaney for International Women’s Day.

“I promise you, if you put your mind to it, and you work hard, and you never give up, and you do not listen to the rejection, you can achieve anything that life throws your way,” she said in a video clip featuring the transgender star.

Look:

“I promise you, if you put your mind to it, and you work hard, and you never give up, and you do not listen to the rejection, you can achieve anything that life throws your way.”

Lady Gaga celebrated Dylan Mulvaney for International Women’s Day. pic.twitter.com/EoCgMsJHCh

— Billboard Chris (@BillboardChris) March 9, 2024

Even more controversy erupted when, months earlier in October of 2023, Virgin Atlantic’s “Attitude Awards” presented its first-ever “Woman of the Year” award to Mulvaney.

Dylan Mulvaney was just named ‘Woman of the Year’ by @AttitudeMag and @VirginAtlantic. You cannot make this up pic.twitter.com/Hz7fwKvV5Q

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 12, 2023

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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.

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