“CANCELLED: $600,000 grant to study ‘menstrual cycles in transgender men,’” U.S. Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Friday.
“THANK YOU, @approject!” Sec. Rollins posted on X.com, crediting the American Principles Project (APP) for uncovering the grant.
“The insanity is ending and the restoration of America is underway,” Sec. Rollins declared in her post, asking Americans to keep sending tips pointing out wasteful government spending.
The now-cancelled $600,000 USDA grant had been given to the Southern University Agricultural and Mechanical College to conduct the menstrual research on male-identifying biological females through April of 2027.
“It is also important to recognize that transgender men and people with masculine gender identities, intersex and non-binary persons may also menstruate (Weiselberg 2022),” the grant’s description says, adding that “At any given moment about 26% of the world's population is menstruating (Barrington et al. 2021).”
The USDA isn’t the only federal department concerned with the plight of menstruating transgender men, however.
For example, one article posted on the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) funded National Library of Medicine (NLM) website explores “Menstrual considerations for transgender male and gender diverse adolescents who were assigned female at birth.”
Menstruation “is an indication that one's body is not functioning appropriately,” the article concludes in its observations on biological females identifying as males:
“However, menstruation for transgender males, and other gender diverse individuals assigned female at birth, may be anything but celebratory. For these adolescents, menstruation is an indication that one's body is not functioning appropriately and that one does not have the correct organs congruent to their gender identity.”
What’s more, menstruation experienced male-identifying biological females is associated with mental health problems, the article reports:
“Menstruation or the anticipation of menarche for many transgender males is often met with worsening of dysphoria, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation.”