{"id":1752750,"date":"2022-11-27T07:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752750"},"modified":"2022-11-27T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T15:34:09","slug":"state-dept-gives-50k-grant-to-promote-lgbtqi-rights-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-gives-50k-grant-to-promote-lgbtqi-rights-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept Gives $50k Grant to Promote &#8220;LGBTQI+&#8221; Rights in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-dept-gives-50k-grant-to-promote-lgbtqi-rights-in-india%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752750&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2020-03\/GOLDEN%20HORSESHOE%20v21%20TP%20proof.png?h=78d1e665&#038;itok=SdnGZoOP\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em>The Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just The News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. The award is named for the horseshoe-shaped toilet seats for military airplanes that cost the Pentagon a whopping $640 each back in the 1980s.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s Golden Horseshoe is awarded to the State Department for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/web\/grants\/view-opportunity.html?oppId=344588\">$50,000 grant<\/a> to promote the rights of the transgender and LGBTQI+ community in India.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by the U.S. Mission to India, the grant seeks to fund &#8220;Pride\/Rainbow groups&#8221; within select large corporations in India to raise &#8220;awareness about TG persons and their rights&#8221; and &#8220;foster a more inclusive work environment, and develop active transgender employee recruitment plans,&#8221; according to the award notice.<\/p>\n<p>Under the grant, &#8220;Countering Stigma and Prejudice Against the Transgender Community,&#8221; the grantee is expected to organize &#8220;workshops and information sessions for employees (at all levels within the organization), human resources professionals, and leadership of 15-25 different business corporations (with 500 employees or more) in Hyderabad and Chennai over a period of one year, focused on creating awareness about and countering stigma and prejudice against transgender persons.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The workshops are intended to encourage participating Indian businesses to adopt changes &#8220;that foster a work environment that is safe, nurturing, accepting, and inclusive for members of the TG community,&#8221; explains the grant synopsis. &#8220;A longer-term outcome is that these corporations and businesses increase their hiring of members of the TG community and help their employees and the general public be more accepting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This new grant opportunity follows a $20,000 grant previously awarded by State for drag shows in Ecuador, according to federal spending watchdog group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolicy.com\/articles\/2022\/11\/02\/state_dept_gives_ecuador_20600_for_drag_shows_861855.html\">OpenTheBooks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_SEC30022GR0006_1900\">grant<\/a>, which runs for another nine months, was awarded by the department&#8217;s Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs for a cultural center in Ecuador to host drag theater performances. The program includes 12 drag theater performances, a 2-minute documentary and three workshops. The State Department aims to &#8220;promote diversity and inclusion&#8221; in the region through these U.S. taxpayer-funded performances.<\/p>\n<p>The State Dept. did not respond to a request for comment on these grants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just The News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. 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