"CANCELLED: $600,000 grant to study 'menstrual cycles in transgender men,'" Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on X last week. That's not what it was.

Summary

The USDA canceled a $600,000 grant to Southern University after DOGE falsely claimed it funded research on “menstrual cycles in transgender men.”

The grant actually focused on developing natural-fiber menstrual products and educating women on menstrual health.

Conservative groups flagged the study, leading to its cancellation despite no evidence it prioritized transgender men.

DOGE has a history of misrepresenting government spending, and the decision aligns with Trump’s executive order limiting recognition of gender diversity.

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    21 hours ago

    They probably thought menstration was referring to men.

    This is up there with purging info on the Enola Gay.

    In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.