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"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.
On April 14, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace posted on X: "I want our kids to learn about A-E-I-O-U instead of L-G-B-T-Q." The post was framed as a critique of how education and cultural topics are discussed in schools. It quickly drew a reply that turned the exchange into a viral moment.
Reporting credit: Covered by Comic Sands, The Poke, and The Daily Dot.
What she said
I want our kids to learn about A-E-I-O-U instead of L-G-B-T-Q.
Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) April 14, 2025
Rep. Nancy Mace's original post on X, April 14, 2025. View the original post.
The reply
The next day, April 15, 2025, pre-K teacher Zoë Rose Bryant replied to Mace's post. Bryant wrote that the alphabet is already part of the pre-K curriculum and that her class was working on a different set of letters that week:
hi, pre-k teacher here. no need to worry nancy, it's in our curriculum to cover all the letters eventually. this week we're working on S-T-F-U
zoë rose bryant (@zoerosebryant) April 15, 2025
Pre-K teacher Zoë Rose Bryant's reply to Mace, April 15, 2025. View the original post.
The reply, which reframed Mace's alphabet jab as a classroom gag about literacy, was widely shared across X, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Bryant's post became a viral example of a public figure's culture-war framing being answered with a teacher's deadpan classroom reality.
Quote card of Mace's April 14, 2025 post. Full-size file.
Context
Mace's post was part of a broader pattern of her public statements on LGBTQ topics in schools. Her record on transgender and LGBTQ policy is cataloged in the Transgender & LGBTQ Policy entry, which documents her shift from early statements on marriage equality to her high-profile campaigns against transgender women in congressional bathrooms and her focus on gender-related issues in education.
Sources & related coverage
- Comic Sands (April 17, 2025)
- The Poke (April 15, 2025)
- Rep. Nancy Mace's original post (April 14, 2025)
- Zoë Rose Bryant's reply (April 15, 2025)
- Transgender & LGBTQ Policy
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