DOGE Cancels NIH Grants to Prevent Pregnancy in ‘Transgender Boys’
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cancelled several grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Tuesday, including over half a million dollars going to a “pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys.”
DOGE, led by tech mogul Elon Musk, revealed in a late night X post that NIH had just ended the following grants:
Today, @NIH cancelled the following grants:
– $620K for “an LGB+ inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys”
– $699K for studying “cannabis use” among “sexual minority gender diverse individuals”
– $740K for examining “social networks” among “black and…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 12, 2025
Among the most outlandish was a $620,000 grant for “an LGB+ inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys,” referring to biological girls who claim to be boys.
The health institute, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was also spending about $700,000 to study cannabis use in “sexual minority gender diverse individuals,” $740,000 on examining “social networks” among “black and Latino sexual minority men in New Jersey,” $50,000 on assessing “sexual health” among “LGTBQ+ Latinx youth in an agricultural community,” and $75,000 on researching “structural racism,” DOGE stated.
The latest NIH grant cancellations come just a week after DOGE announced the cancellation of grants from the agency that were geared toward transgender experiments on animals, Breitbart News reported. (Read more from “DOGE Cancels NIH Grants to Prevent Pregnancy in ‘Transgender Boys’” HERE)
