"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.

  • EbbyA
    72•1 day ago

    Conservative groups flagged the study

    Let’s be honest here, they were likely men; men who don’t know, or don’t want to know, how women work. Dissemination of knowledge bad!

        • EbbyA
          2•11 hours ago

          First revision had “Let’s not beat around the bush” but thought using both those words might be a tad tactless. Gotta keep the teasing appropriate.

    • DABDAEnglish
      22•1 day ago

      That engine is definitely woke. I had 269 hits when I searched for “trans” in my car’s manual!

  • snooggumsEnglish
    26•1 day 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.

  • @expatriado@lemmy.world
    17•1 day ago

    natural-fiber menstrual products, wood is made of natural fiber, a bunch of wooden sticks makes a fag, fag menstrual products… cancelled!

  • edricEnglish
    4•1 day ago

    They probably fed everything into an AI and just cancelled anything it spat out.