US EditionBrian Mast questions State Department official on 'queer' maps
Rep. Brian Mast criticized a $72,000 Biden-era grant for an LGBT mapping project in Czechia and Slovakia and questioned the use of diversity-focused diplomacy funding.
- On Thursday, Rep. Brian Mast pressed Sarah B. Rogers at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing about Biden administration funding to `queer` maps, asking, `Can you tell me what is queering the map?`
- The 'Queering the maps' project referred to a 2024 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship that awarded over $72,000 to a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student to map LGBT community building in Czechia and Slovakia.
- Undersecretary Sarah B. Rogers said `So I think we were trying to make the maps more gay,` and on Friday apologized to Czechia and Slovakia in a statement on X.
- The Florida congressman pressed for accountability, calling the grants `embarrassing` and citing other DEI programs abroad costing $10,000 or $20,000.
- The hearing titled `Advancing National Security Through Public Diplomacy` discussed Rogers' promise to streamline future grants focused on American interests, amid oversight of diplomacy spending.
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Brian Mast questions State Department official on 'queer' maps
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) pressed a State Department official Thursday about Biden administration funding to “queer” maps during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. During the exchange, Mast questioned Undersecretary of Public Diplomacy Sarah B. Rogers about a program he referred to as “queer maps.” “Can you tell me — what is ‘queering’ the map?” Mast asked. “So I think we were trying to make the maps more gay,” Rogers responded, appearing…
Dems Used Tax Dollars to Make Maps More Gay in Slovakia & Czechia
The Biden Democrats used our tax dollars to make maps “more gay” in Slovakia and Czechia. In a wild congressional hearing, a Biden State Department official admits taxpayer dollars funded “Queering the Map” efforts… to literally “make the maps more gay.” 😳 Rep. Brian Mast grills Under Secretary Sarah Rogers on what that even means—her […] The post Dems Used Tax Dollars to Make Maps More Gay in Slovakia & Czechia appeared first on www.independen…
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