{"id":1783549,"date":"2022-12-22T06:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1783549"},"modified":"2022-12-22T07:03:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T12:03:51","slug":"state-department-awards-30k-grant-to-kyrgyzstan-for-pro-trans-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-awards-30k-grant-to-kyrgyzstan-for-pro-trans-group\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Awards $30K Grant to Kyrgyzstan for Pro-Trans Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-department-awards-30k-grant-to-kyrgyzstan-for-pro-trans-group%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=1783549&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/people-hold-hands-transgender-flag-lgbtq-pride-file-gettyimages-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The State Department awarded a $30,000 grant to an organization that promotes the transgender ideology in the mostly Muslim nation of Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_SKG10022GR0062_1900\"><span>grant<\/span><\/a><span> from the State Department<\/span><span>, which was given to an organization <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221205123709\/https:\/\/indigo.kg\/en\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> Kyrgyz Indigo<\/span><span>, was intended to \u201cprevent gender-based violence against the transgender community and increase acceptance through sensitivity and advocacy trainings, and media campaigns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Kyrgyz Indigo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indigo.kg\/uploads\/File\/2021\/01\/14\/Spotlight-Review.-Kyrgyz-Indigo.docx.pdf\"><span>calls<\/span><\/a><span> itself<\/span><span> the \u201clargest LGBT+ human rights and advocacy organization in Central Asia\u201d and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indigo.kg\/partners\"><span>partners<\/span><\/a><span> with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220108235514\/https:\/\/indigo.kg\/en\/partners\"><span>organizations<\/span><\/a><span> like Amnesty International and George Soros\u2019s Open Society Foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The organization has worked to support leftist activists with a \u201cTraining module on prevention of emotional burnout among activists from key populations in crisis \/ emergency situations, including COVID-19.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span>It isn\u2019t clear whether or not the grant from the State Department will directly support this specific project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><span>The organization explained its objectives in a 35-page document, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220215070636\/https:\/\/indigo.kg\/uploads\/File\/2021\/01\/14\/Spotlight-Review.-Kyrgyz-Indigo.docx.pdf\"><span>archived here<\/span><\/a><span>, called \u201cLGBT+ Inclusion to Sustainable Development Goals Agenda.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>One of Kyrgyz Indigo\u2019s aims is to enable \u201cunfettered access to unemployment insurance\u201d for \u201call LGBT+ people and sex workers.\u00a0<\/span><span>The organization has also set its sights on education. Under a section titled \u201cNecessary actions to promote equal access to quality education,\u201d Kyrgyz Indigo advocates for schools to provide items \u201csuch as condoms, lubes, etc.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDue to widespread homophobia and transphobia, many children at school cannot express their SOGIESC,\u201d the organization complains, using an acronym that refers to\u00a0<\/span>\u201csexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Kyrgyz Indigo suggests that schools \u201cimplement training programs for teachers and counsellors on how to deal with LGBT+ students, schoolchildren who experience discrimination or ask questions about their sexual orientation and\/or gender identity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kyrgyz Indigo also complains that the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic does not currently allow those who identify as the opposite sex to change their sex on their passport. \u201cIt is extremely important for the state to amend the law to eliminate this barrier,\u201d a guide from the organization reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><span>The organization believes that there is a special \u201cneed for focused work and directed programs for trans people in HIV prevention\u201d and cites a 2019 study that found the disease was prevalent among \u201ctrans women sex workers with migration experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The implementation of hate speech laws is yet another aspect of <\/span><span>Kyrgyz Indigo\u2019s agenda, the 35-page guide explains. Kyrgyz Indigo also adheres to the leftist, culturally Marxist ideological tenet of intersectionality, whereby overlapping identities can make someone more or less marginalized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The guide explains\u201cAnother issue of inequality is the lack of an intersectional approach. People with intersecting forms of discrimination are most vulnerable to inequality, poverty, and violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It goes on to claim \u201cthe most vulnerable within the LGBT+ community are trans* women sex workers, HIV-positive gays, bisexual men, trans* people, LGBT+ persons from ethnic minorities, LGBT+ migrants, trans* and intersex people, LBT+ women,\u201d among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The guide states that \u201cvaluable comments and inputs\u201d were supplied by Stephen J. Leonelli, who was formerly the Senior Policy Advisor of Mpact, a leftist pro-LGBT group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\"><span>Leonelli, who states that he uses \u201che\/him\/she\/her\u201d pronouns on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephenleonelli\/\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><span>, now works for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as an \u201cLGBTQI+ Program Advisor.\u201d Leonelli states that he has \u201cFederal Acquisition <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fai.gov\/certification\/fac-cor\"><span>Certification<\/span><\/a><span> for Contracting\/Agreement Officer\u2019s Representative Level II (FAC-COR II).\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>A State Department spokesperson provided a statement to Breitbart News, part of which read:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In support of American values, the U.S. Department of State provides funding for investments in educational, cultural, English and leadership training, entrepreneurship capacity building, and strengthening programs for civil society organizations that promote and advance the human rights of historically marginalized groups.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The spokesperson added that \u201cindigenous persons\u201d and \u201cLGBTQI+ persons\u201d\u00a0live with disproportionate violence that requires targeted support.\u00a0The spokesperson also noted that the State Department\u00a0\u201csupports a wide range of strategic programs around the world that seek to advance the foreign policy priority of reducing discrimination and violence and promoting inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Spencer Lindquist is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerLndqst\"><i>@SpencerLndqst<\/i><\/a><i> and reach out at <\/i><i>slindquist@breitbart.com<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Department awarded a $30,000 grant to an organization that promotes the transgender ideology in the mostly Muslim nation of Kyrgyzstan. 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