'Real loss': US officials axe grant over false transgender claim

The term ‘gender’ must not be removed from the health lexicon. It will cost lives.

Figures around the biggest killer diseases highlight growing challenges around the world. Getting people diagnosed and treated is crucial, and this requires that decision-makers have the right information. But accessing data on gender and health has just become a lot more difficult. In his first day in office, US president Donald Trump issued an executive order banning the term “gender” in all federal policies and documents. The order stated tha…

What It Means To Fund Studies in Transition "Regret"

After a month of dismantling more than $180 million in national research on trans health, meaning research in support of the health of trans people, the White House has reportedly directed the National Institutes of Health to conduct "research" on the "regret" people may feel after transitioning, Max Kozlov reported Friday in Nature. I say "research" because this directive will not actually fund any research, but rather spawn propaganda. Matthew…

The Trump administration has scrapped a research project on female genital protection after falsely claiming it was misinformation, a new example of divisions in the United States, Le Figaro reports.

US officials axe grant over false transgender claim

WASHINGTON, United States — A $600,000 federal grant to research feminine hygiene products was axed after US officials falsely labelled it a study on transgender menstrual cycles, underscoring the way that misinformation is underpinning a breakneck cost-cutting spree. Elon Musk, President Donald Trump’s billionaire advisor, has overseen a crusade by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash government spending, ordering massive cut…

Federal grant for feminine hygiene research cancelled over false transgender claims

Elon Musk, President Donald Trump's billionaire advisor, has overseen a crusade by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash government spending, ordering massive cuts and layoffs that have upended scientific research and foreign aid

To justify her choice, Agriculture Minister Brooke Rollins did not hesitate to resort to misinformation by stating that the project was aimed at studying "the menstruation cycles among transgender men."