My family qualifies and some members, but this is BS. We also qualify for and are members of the colonial dams of the 17th century. I wonder if they are messed up as well.
My family and I qualify as well and several have been members. I was interested when I was young - the DAR chapters do a lot of very good work - but I grew to have different feelings about hereditary organizations in general.
As for the trans thing, it seems very odd and unlike them. Maybe they’re remembering the Marian Anderson debacle and are overreacting.