DOGE mischaracterizes a study as transgender, and USDA cancels it
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.
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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!
Dissemination, huh? Sounds like one of them trans words… 😡
It has that durn dirty word "semin" right in it. Woke!
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.
That engine is definitely woke. I had 269 hits when I searched for "trans" in my car's manual!
They probably thought menstration was referring to men.
This is up there with purging info on the Enola Gay.
natural-fiber menstrual products, wood is made of natural fiber, a bunch of wooden sticks makes a fag, fag menstrual products.... cancelled!
They probably fed everything into an AI and just cancelled anything it spat out.