Transgenderism on Trial
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- Stop Child Genital Mutilation
Stop the Chop Shops!
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The Biden Administration Spending Big on the Not-So-Settled Science of Transgenderism
November 2023
President Biden and his Health and Human Services want the American people to think, as trumpeted by Assistant Health Secretary Admiral Rachel Levine, that “gender-affirming care is medically necessary, safe, and effective for trans and non-binary youth” and chemical and surgical transitioning is a “life-saving” and “critical tool” for pediatricians.
If medical science and the rest of this is already settled and self-evident, why then would the administration see the need to distribute $1.2 billion since 2021 to fund research into or to promote transgenderism?
The Capital Research Center, the self-described “America’s investigative think tank,” has recently identified over $104 million in grants and contracts for 2021 or later specifically designated for studies on and promotion for gender-affirming medical treatment. Parker Thayer and Katie Cagle investigated these disbursements.
Biggest Grants
Some of the biggest grants funded promotional and educational materials, or mental health.
Damaging Study Results
Another mental health study was conducted by Princeton with a $136,000 HHS grant to determine “psychological consequences of medical transition in transgender youth,” despite the Biden administration insisting that gender-affirming treatment is life-saving. The study actually revealed that “transgender youth experience higher levels of mental illness.” Princeton ultimately admitted that “there is currently not enough evidence to support the idea that gender-affirming care is psychologically beneficial for children.”
Catastrophic side effects from hormonal interventions or surgical transition procedures were studied.
Yale was likewise awarded $500,000 to study “cardiometabolic effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy in transgender adolescents” and concluded that “altered hormonal milieu is the major driver of increased cardiometabolic risk in transgender youth.” Yet, Biden’s administration resorts to suing states that want to protect minors from these devastating drugs.
Radicalization
Some of the grants were also appropriated for the egregious purpose of grooming and influencing children into exploring their “gender identity.”
The scary science of transgenderism is obviously not settled. Will this administration ever concede this fact?
November 2023
President Biden and his Health and Human Services want the American people to think, as trumpeted by Assistant Health Secretary Admiral Rachel Levine, that “gender-affirming care is medically necessary, safe, and effective for trans and non-binary youth” and chemical and surgical transitioning is a “life-saving” and “critical tool” for pediatricians.
If medical science and the rest of this is already settled and self-evident, why then would the administration see the need to distribute $1.2 billion since 2021 to fund research into or to promote transgenderism?
The Capital Research Center, the self-described “America’s investigative think tank,” has recently identified over $104 million in grants and contracts for 2021 or later specifically designated for studies on and promotion for gender-affirming medical treatment. Parker Thayer and Katie Cagle investigated these disbursements.
Biggest Grants
Some of the biggest grants funded promotional and educational materials, or mental health.
- $5.4 million grant to UCLA to develop an app to promote HIV testing and sexual health directed toward young “transwomen”
- $3.3 million grant to Boston Children’s Hospital to develop an “interactive educational digital platform” for children
- $2.3 million to Nationwide Children’s Hospital to study long-term mental health consequences of puberty blockers
Damaging Study Results
Another mental health study was conducted by Princeton with a $136,000 HHS grant to determine “psychological consequences of medical transition in transgender youth,” despite the Biden administration insisting that gender-affirming treatment is life-saving. The study actually revealed that “transgender youth experience higher levels of mental illness.” Princeton ultimately admitted that “there is currently not enough evidence to support the idea that gender-affirming care is psychologically beneficial for children.”
Catastrophic side effects from hormonal interventions or surgical transition procedures were studied.
- $650,000 to Medical College of Wisconsin and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to study “how to manage the elevated rates of breast cancer in transfeminine people taking estrogen for long periods of time”
- $1.1 million to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to investigate thrombosis risk
- Approximately $3 million total to Boston Medical Center, Indiana University, and Michigan State University to study cardiovascular health problems caused by hormone treatments
Yale was likewise awarded $500,000 to study “cardiometabolic effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy in transgender adolescents” and concluded that “altered hormonal milieu is the major driver of increased cardiometabolic risk in transgender youth.” Yet, Biden’s administration resorts to suing states that want to protect minors from these devastating drugs.
Radicalization
Some of the grants were also appropriated for the egregious purpose of grooming and influencing children into exploring their “gender identity.”
- Approximately $370,500 to Seattle Children’s Hospital for a telehealth clinic to “promote healthy sexual relationships among transgender youth”
- $161,192 to University of Wisconsin determining how social media influencers can encourage kids to explore their gender identity “without their parents’ knowledge”
- $203,050 to University of Nebraska to create an experimental online mentoring program where children are paired with adults to discuss topics such as “self-harm, alcohol and drug-use, and sexual risk-taking”
- Federal grants also went to push transgenderism in foreign countries, e.g., India, Colombia, and Nepal, paying for such things as English classes for “professional transgender women makeup entrepreneurs” and sensitivity training to increase acceptance of transgender co-workers. The Biden administration has spent $4.1 billion to push the LGBT agenda internationally in the last three fiscal years.
The scary science of transgenderism is obviously not settled. Will this administration ever concede this fact?