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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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[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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!

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dissemination, huh? Sounds like one of them trans words… 😡

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It has that durn dirty word "semin" right in it. Woke!

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 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.

[–] upandup@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago

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

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 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 points 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!

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

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