I Prayed have prayed
God, we thank You for using President Trump and his administration to put an end to these ridiculous wastes of money. We pray our government would never again use taxpayer money to fund these kinds of depraved grants.
Reading Time: 4 minutes

The Health and Human Services Department has canceled hundreds of millions in grants dedicated to LGBT and DEI-fueled projects.

From The Daily Signal. The Trump administrationā€™sĀ Health and Human Services Department has canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in grants dedicated to researching illegal sexual behavior in children, pregnancy prevention for ā€œtransgender boys,ā€ and so-called sleep inequality affecting black sexual-minority men.

This content is supported by your donations.
Give today.

 

In March, HHS canceled at least $530 million of funding for LGBTQ+ health research programs, according to a grantĀ trackerĀ from Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of Harvardā€™s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

HHS previously providedĀ more than $990 million of grant funding to LGBTQ+ health research programs, according to the tracker.

The National Institutes of Healthā€™s newly sworn-in director, Dr.Ā Jay Bhattacharya, said that under his tutelage, the agency would shift its priorities toward ā€œresearch aimed at preventing, treating, and curing chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity and many others that cause so much suffering and deaths among all Americans, LGBTQ individuals included.ā€

The shift ā€œaway from politicized DEI and gender ideology studiesā€ is in ā€œaccordance with the presidentā€™s executive orders,ā€ HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon toldĀ The Daily Signal.

The priority shift included cutting funding for studies focused on radical gender ideology, critical race theory, and other topics thatĀ polls showĀ to be wildly unpopular with Americans, according to The Daily Signalā€™s review ofĀ terminated grants.

For instance, the Trump administration cut off $10,000 of promised funding to a conference Feb. 25-27 at theĀ University of Oklahoma called ā€œBe Curious Not Judgmental: The 4th National Symposium on Sexual Behavior of Youth.ā€

ā€œProfessionals and parents continue to use myths and misunderstandings as the base of decisions on problematic and illegal sexual behavior of children and adolescents,ā€ the symposiumā€™sĀ websiteĀ reads. ā€œAdults worry about addressing sexual topics, and yet youth continue to be inundated with graphic sexual images and messages.ā€

ā€œWe need to better equip professionals and parents to understand and support healthy sexual development and to identify problematic sexual behavior early and intervene with all children and caregivers impacted,ā€ the description continues.

One breakout session at the conference focused on ā€œThe Help-Wanted Prevention Intervention for Minor Attracted Individuals,ā€ a euphemism for pedophiles.

On March 21, Trumpā€™s NIH terminated a $2.9 million grant to the University of Minnesota for research on ā€œadolescent health at the intersections of sexual, gender, racial/ethnic, immigrant identities and native language.ā€

The study aimed toĀ determineĀ ā€œwhat positive and negative experiences are particularly relevant to the overlapping, simultaneous production of inequalities by [sexual and gender minority] identity, race/ethnicity, immigration experiences, and native language?ā€

The pre-Trump NIH promised the Research Triangle Institute $100,507 to study ā€œsocial influences on sexual health among Latinx adolescents and emerging adults who identify as LGBTQ+ in an agricultural community.ā€

NIH ended a $1.5 million grant to Urban Health Partnerships for ā€œleveraging a community-driven approach to address the impact of social determinants of health on structural inequities among Miami-Dade Countyā€™s intergenerational LGBTQ+ Community.ā€

Hunter College lost its $211,100 grant to study ā€œdevelopment and feasibility of a psychosocial intervention for sexual and gender minority autistic adults.ā€

On March 18, NIH cut off Virginia Commonwealth Universityā€™s $205,308 grant focused on ā€œusing youth-engaged methods to develop and evaluate a measure for disordered eating behaviors in transgender and gender-diverse youth.ā€

ā€œTransgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse (TNG) youth face stigma due to the marginalization of their gender identities,ā€ the study says. ā€œTNG youth also have increased vulnerability to body dissatisfaction due to pubertal changes and development of secondary sexual characteristics that might be misaligned with their gender identity, which may be exacerbated by a youthā€™s inability to access gender-affirming medical care (i.e., puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones).ā€

Yale University lost government funding for a program, ā€œTraining in Behavioral Design Interventions to Address Stigma Among Men Who have Sex with Men.ā€

ā€œThis study will explore relationships of different discrimination experiences and sexual health among young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM),ā€ the project narrative says. ā€œThis study aims to better the sexual health of YBMSM throughout their lives by informing future interventions that help decrease new cases of HIV and other poor sexual health outcomes.ā€

The NIH terminated its $2,368,492 contract with Brown University to study ā€œimproving mental health among the LGBTQ+ community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.ā€

NIH had committed more than $1.3 million to Princeton University to study ā€œViews of Gender in Adolescence.ā€

ā€œGender diverse children often experience disparities in mental health and well-being,ā€ the project narrative says. ā€œFurther questions concern the stability of their gender, as that has implications for medical transitions. The proposed work would examine the role of gender beliefs and self-categorization in predicting mental health and well-being, as well as provide better estimates of rates of stability and change across time in the identities of both cisgender and gender-diverse youth.ā€

Trumpā€™s HHS terminated a $1.3 million grant to the Center for Innovative Public Health Research to study ā€œAdapting an LGB+ inclusive teen-pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys.ā€

The projectā€™s goal was to change the title of ā€œGirl2Girl,ā€ a text messaging-based teen prevention pregnancy program, to ā€œ#TranscendentHealth, a gender-inclusive [teen prevention pregnancy program] for transgender boys.ā€

Other grants funded by the NIH before Trump took over included $2.5 million to a study on ā€œEfficacy of a Multi-level School Intervention for LGBTQ Youthā€; $6.4 million to ā€œMultilevel strategies to understand and modify the role of structural and environmental context on HIV inequities for sexual and gender minorities of colorā€; and $1.8 million to ā€œSexual minority couplesā€™ health during the transition to marriage.ā€

NIH canceled a grant of $1.3 million to examine ā€œthe Mechanisms and Consequences of Sleep Health Inequities Affecting Black Sexual Minority Men.ā€

ā€œUsing a syndemic and multilevel approach, this project seeks to investigate relationships between sleep and HIV treatment outcomes and behaviors (e.g., viral suppression and retention in care) among Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men (SMM),ā€ the project narrative says, ā€œa population in the United States heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS.ā€

The National Institutes of Health ā€œremains fully committed to supporting research aimed at improving the health and well-being of every American, regardless of their sexual identity,ā€ Nixon, the HHS spokesman, said.

Are you encouraged by this news? Share your prayers below.

This article was originally published at The Daily Signal. Used with permission.

Comments (1) Print

Comments

Leave A Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Jacqueline
April 7, 2025

Thank You God.

5

Partner with Us

Intercessors for America is the trusted resource for millions of people across the United States committed to praying for our nation. If you have benefited from IFA's resources and community, please consider joining us as a monthly support partner. As a 501(c)3 organization, it's through your support that all this possible.

Dave Kubal
IFA President
Become a Monthly Partner

Share

Click below to share this with others

Log in to Join the Conversation

Log in to your IFA account to start a discussion, comment, pray, and interact with our community.