HARRISONBURG, Va – The James Madison University Student Government Association is apologizing after plans to bring a conservative commentator to campus sparked backlash.

In a statement posted Tuesday to its Instagram page, association leaders said they “regret” approving the funding for the group that’s bringing Liz Wheeler to the school for Wednesday night’s lecture on transgenderism.

The S-G-A is accusing Young Americans for Freedom of misrepresenting the topics that Wheeler will cover inside the Madison Union Ballroom, saying that trans ideology was not part of the proposed categories.

Wheeler has spoken out against transgenderism in the past, at one point labeling trans activists a “cult.”

Meanwhile, a group of JMU students gathered on the quad to protest Wheeler’s appearance.