Trump Administration Kills LGBTQ Health Studies

metroweekly.com:

purge the federal government of — and to pressure the private sector to eliminate — diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and programs, including anything that acknowledges the existence of transgender identity.Most of the studies funded by the revoked grant money — which had been awarded by the National Institutes of Health, an agency under the purview of the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services — were related to sexual minorities, including research focused on HIV prevention, cancer, youth suicide, and bone health.

Spokesman Andrew Nixon said HHS is “dedicated to restoring our agencies to their tradition of upholding gold-standard, evidence-based science.”One canceled project at Vanderbilt University had been studying the health of more than 1,200 LGBTQ people over the age of 50.

Tara McKay, who leads Vanderbilt’s LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, told the Associated Press that the money had largely been spent, but the grant won’t be renewed in April.As a result, the long-term results of the study — which sought to investigate reasons for health disparities within the LGBTQ community — will likely be spoiled.