{"id":2059560,"date":"2023-10-08T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T10:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:08:21","slug":"in-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"US Grants $4.1 Billion for Global LGBT and Transgender Initiatives"},"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%2Fin-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide%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=2059560&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--><h2>The Flow of Billions: Federal Funding for LGBT\u200c Initiatives<\/h2>\n<p>Over the past three fiscal years, an astonishing $4.1 billion \u200bin federal money has been allocated to support LGBT initiatives in the United\u200c States and around the world, according to an investigation by The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>From October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2023, the\u200c U.S. government issued more than 1,100 grants to fund projects promoting LGBT rights globally. These findings\u2063 were uncovered\u2062 through \u200ca review \u2064of a federal spending website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u200c range\u2064 of projects funded\u2063 is extensive, covering a wide array of initiatives.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/newsom-signs-bill-requiring-foster-parents-to-affirm-lgbt-identities-5499185?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Foster Parents to Affirm \u200bLGBT Identities<\/a> \u200b- September 26, \u20632023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tennessee-explores-rejecting-federal-education-funding-in-push-for-autonomy-5498637?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Tennessee Explores Rejecting Federal Education Funding in Push\u200c for Autonomy<\/a> &#8211; September 28, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For instance, the LGBT Life Center in Norfolk, Virginia, received a $1.8 million grant in 2022 to establish a \u200b&#8221;safe space for LGBTQ\u2064 youth \u2064and\u200c adults to seek support and resources.&#8221; Similarly, the \u2063Serbian activist group Grupa Izadji was awarded a $500,000 grant to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in Serbia&#8217;s workplaces and business communities.<\/p>\n<p>Even smaller \u200ccountries like Armenia are not excluded from this funding. The\u2063 Pink Human Rights Defender, an Armenian activist group, received\u2062 $1 million to empower the\u2063 LGBTI community in\u2063 the\u200b country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The\u200c federal spending website allows users to\u2063 filter grants based on\u200b specific keywords. When the keyword &#8220;LGBT&#8221; was used, the search \u200byielded\u2064 1,181 grants, 31 loans, and nine direct payments over the past three fiscal years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In total, the government issued \u2064a staggering 454,821\u200c grants during the last fiscal year alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Transgender activists gather in protest in Los Angeles, California, on October 10, \u20622021. (John Fredricks\/The \u2063Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Government \u2064grants\u2063 provide free money for specific purposes, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-us-gives-more-than-4-1-billion-in-grants-for-lgbt-and-transgender-initiatives-worldwide\/\" title=\"US Grants .1 Billion for Global LGBT and Transgender Initiatives\">federal loans offer low-interest repayment options<\/a> over\u200d extended periods. Direct payments from\u200c the government can be unrestricted or designated for a particular use.<\/p>\n<p>When focusing specifically\u200d on\u2062 grants related to the \u2064keyword &#8220;LGBT,&#8221; individual payouts of at least $1 million \u2064amounted to a combined total of over $3.7 billion. Numerous smaller grants were also awarded for LGBT initiatives but were not included in the review.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a\u200d search for grants containing \u200cthe keyword &#8220;transgender&#8221; resulted in 574 listings. Among these, grants totaling nearly\u2063 $478\u2062 million were\u2064 awarded for projects related to transgender issues.\u200d The U.S. government also issued seven direct\u2062 payments and nine loans in this category.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>An \u200cindependent researcher, who \u200dprefers to remain anonymous,\u200c has been diligently\u2062 tracking \u2063how the federal government allocates funds for \u200bgrants \u200drelated to \u200bgender ideology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>His \u200binterest in this subject began when he lost his job in the \u2064oil field\u2064 during the \u200bearly stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. While struggling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">make ends meet<\/a>, he discovered\u200b that taxpayer dollars were\u200b being funneled into LGBT activist causes, while he\u2062 and his friends received little\u2064 relief \u200dfrom the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2064 couldn&#8217;t \u2063believe \u2064it,&#8221; he exclaimed. &#8220;We were\u2064 all being laid off, excluded from the COVID\u2063 money being\u200b handed out to everyone, and it seemed like nobody cared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He now works for a politically left-wing oil company and acknowledges \u200dthat his superiors would likely\u2063 disapprove of how he presents his findings on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Through his Twitter account,\u2063 Randoland.us, which boasts over 12,000 followers, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), he shares his discoveries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;If you search for grants from the Department of Education with the word &#8216;equity,&#8217; you&#8217;ll be astounded by the amount of money being\u2062 spent on equity-aligned initiatives,&#8221; he revealed. He estimates that he has uncovered approximately \u200b$240 million in grants dedicated to equity initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Rainbow Revolution<\/h2>\n<p>One of his findings exposed \u200can ongoing grant awarded to Emory University. The grant funds research on \u200b&#8221;the rectal mucosal effects of cross-sex hormone\u2062 therapy\u2064 among U.S. and Thai transgender women,&#8221; \u2063as\u200d confirmed by The \u2062Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:1024px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Activists rallying to support people who identify as transgender gather on the steps of City Hall, in\u2062 New York, New York,\u2062 on Oct.\u200b 24, 2018. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This project, which began in 2019 and is set to\u2064 conclude in July 2024, will receive nearly\u2064 $3.5 million from \u2062the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Under the category of &#8220;allergy and infectious diseases research,&#8221; the project aims\u200b to &#8220;assist\u200d public and private nonprofit institutions and individuals in establishing, expanding, and improving biomedical research and research training in\u2063 infectious\u200d diseases\u2062 and related areas,&#8221; according to the federal \u2064spending \u2064website.<\/p>\n<p>Some grants focus on studying specific aspects of the population. For example, one recipient is\u2062 examining the impact of alcohol \u200bon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-pandemic-drives-record-breaking-number-of-drug-overdoses\/\" title=\"COVID-19 Pandemic Drives \u2018Record Breaking\u2019 Number Of Drug Overdoses\">intimate partner violence<\/a> in transgender and non-gender-conforming adults.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 another project, the National Endowment for \u2063the Humanities (NEH) granted nearly $350,000 to translate the \u200bHomosaurus,\u2064 a thesaurus of LGBT terms, into Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The Homosaurus website includes \u200ddefinitions for sexual\u2063 terms such \u2064as &#8220;anonymous\u2063 sex,&#8221; &#8220;aromantic porn films,&#8221; &#8220;pederasts,&#8221; &#8220;children&#8217;s sexuality,&#8221; and &#8220;gay children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Homosaurus has reclassified words like &#8220;gerontophilia,&#8221; &#8220;ephebophilia,&#8221; and &#8220;hebephilia&#8221;\u200c as &#8220;fetishes.&#8221; These Greek words refer to sexual attraction to\u2063 the elderly, people aged 15-19, and children aged 11-14, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times reached out to the NEH for comment on the grant but received no response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>A\u200b rainbow \u2064flag hangs \u200cbelow \u2064the American flag near \u2062the entrance to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, \u2063on June 25, 2021. (Dimitar Dilkoff\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Not only are LGBT cultural projects in America receiving funding, but they\u2064 are\u2062 also being allocated substantial amounts. For instance, over $333,000 was granted for an LGBT radio and\u2063 television \u2063digitization \u2064and access project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Another grant of $324,000 was provided to map &#8220;historical LGBTQ spaces through gay travel guides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Furthermore, a\u200d $1 million grant was\u2063 awarded to Outright\u2062 Action, an American activist group\u2064 dedicated to global LGBT advocacy. This funding aims \u2064to advance the human rights and social inclusion of LGBTQI+ people worldwide. Outright\u200c Action operates in various countries, including Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Ukraine, \u200bthe \u2062Philippines, Iran, \u2062and China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Another\u200c grant supports the creation of a &#8220;social biography of same-sex desire in postcolonial Ireland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>LGBT grants have also been directed towards \u200bAmerican educational institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tiffany Justice, \u2062co-founder of Moms for Liberty, expressed her dissatisfaction with the federal government&#8217;s approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The grant process is being used\u2064 by the federal government to change the culture and climate in America&#8217;s public schools,&#8221; Justice told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:550px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Tiffany \u2064Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty. (Tiffany Justice\/Moms for Liberty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Based on \u200cher experience\u2063 as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-marshall-mental-health-crisis-worse-than-covid\/\" title=\"Sen. Marshall: Mental health crisis worse than COVID\">local school board member<\/a>, Justice witnessed government-funded activist groups infiltrating schools and imposing their ideological agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;The grants are given to &#8216;community\u2064 partners,&#8217; who then\u200d work to change \u200bschool procedures \u200cto favor and teach LGBT activist worldviews,&#8221;\u200d she explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to polls\u200b conducted \u200bby Moms for Liberty, this cultural revolution \u200dis being imposed against the wishes\u200b of over 70 percent of \u200cAmericans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>A recent poll by the organization \u2063revealed \u200bthat more than 70 percent of Americans want schools to focus on teaching essential educational skills and \u200coppose the inclusion of gender ideology or sexual orientation instruction in classrooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite this, funding continues to flow into these projects.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.\u2064 Department of\u200c Education allocated\u2064 $1.2 million to &#8220;LGBTQIA+ pride centers&#8221; in the \u200dSan Diego Community College \u2064District. Another grant of nearly $1.6\u2063 million was awarded to address \u200dthe mental health\u200d needs of indigenous, LGBTQIA+, rural, and \u2063underserved students in North Dakota schools.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Boston \u2062College received a $1.4 million grant from the Department of Education to study\u200c &#8220;mechanisms of health \u2064promotion in\u200b diverse youth through gay-straight alliances.&#8221; In simpler terms, the grant\u2062 funded \u200bthe promotion of gay-straight alliance\u2063 clubs in middle \u200cand \u2064high schools across\u200c Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u200cEpoch Times \u200dreached \u2063out to \u200cthe Department of Education for comment but received no\u200d response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The federal government disregards\u2062 the will of the American people and continues to \u2063push this ideology into our schools,&#8221;\u200c Justice lamented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And they&#8217;re doing it not just \u2064in America, but all\u2064 over the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the arguments from critics and proponents regarding the fairness and balance of the distribution of federal funding for LGBT initiatives, and how can\u200b these concerns be addressed<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Cal watchdog organization, meticulously gathering data and raising awareness\u200d about the flow \u2064of federal funding to LGBT initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the significance of these findings, he stated, &#8220;The \u2062amount of money being allocated to LGBT initiatives is staggering. While it&#8217;s important to support diversity\u2062 and inclusivity, it is equally crucial to ensure that taxpayer funds are used efficiently and \u200deffectively.\u200c Transparency and accountability in the allocation of federal funds should be a priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Concerns have been \u2063raised regarding the fairness and balance of the distribution \u2063of these funds. Critics\u200c argue that the allocation disproportionately favors certain groups and overlooks other pressing societal needs.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the funding \u2063argue that\u200c it\u2063 is essential to support and \u200bprotect the rights \u2063of \u200cthe LGBT community, both domestically and internationally. They believe that \u200dthese initiatives are necessary to promote\u2063 equality, combat discrimination, and create safe\u200d spaces and opportunities for individuals\u200d within the LGBT \u200dcommunity.<\/p>\n<p>The debate surrounding federal funding for LGBT initiatives\u200c highlights the complex nature of balancing societal needs and fiscal responsibility. While it is crucial to address the concerns of marginalized communities, it is equally important to ensure that federal funds are allocated\u2062 fairly and provide the greatest possible impact.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>As the discussions surrounding the flow of billions in federal funding for LGBT initiatives continue, it is essential for policymakers, researchers, and citizens to engage in constructive dialogue and seek viable solutions. A comprehensive assessment of the impact and \u200defficiency of these \u2063initiatives is necessary to determine the best course of action\u2063 moving \u200cforward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ultimately, \u2063the allocation of federal funds \u200bshould be guided by a commitment to equity, fairness, and accountability. It is imperative that all\u2063 stakeholders work together \u2064to ensure that taxpayer dollars are \u200butilized in a\u2062 responsible and effective manner, addressing the diverse \u200cneeds \u200dof society while upholding fundamental \u2063principles \u2064of governance.<\/p>\n<p>The flow of billions in federal funding for LGBT initiatives reflects the evolving landscape of social policies and priorities in the United States. As societal attitudes and values continue to\u2064 evolve, it is crucial \u200cto consistently evaluate the allocation of resources to\u2063 ensure their alignment with the needs and aspirations of the American people. Only through comprehensive analysis\u200d and open dialogue can we strike the right balance between\u200c addressing societal needs and maintaining fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation by Epoch Times found that over the past three fiscal years, approximately $4.1 billion in federal funds from taxpayers has been allocated to support LGBT initiatives globally. 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