The US Department of Agriculture canceled a subsidy worth $ 600,000 for the study of menstrual cycles in transgender men, Secretary Brooke Rollins said Friday.
The Southern University Agricultural & Mechanical College In Louisiana was the recipient of the subsidy, according to a database on USASPending.GOV.
“The first performance of menstruation takes place at about 12 years old and ends with the menopause in about 51 years old,” is the subsidy description. “A woman will have a monthly menstrual cycle for about 40 years of her life, on average to around 450 periods in the course of her life.”
Brooke Rollins Secretary of Agriculture speaks on February 14, 2025 with members of the press outside the White House in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
“It is also important to acknowledge that transgender men and people with male gender identities, intersex and non-intele people also menstruate,” adds the description. “At any time, around 26% of the world’s population is menstruating.”
The study wants to “tackle growing worries” Related to menstruationIncluding the potential use of natural fibers, such as hemp, in female hygiene products.
Brooke Rollins speaks on Friday, February 14, 2025 with members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
The subsidy was planned to keep going until April 2027.
The study was first discovered by the conservative non -profit American Principles project, which has identified more than 340 federal subsidies that were issued during the Biden Administration For various institutions – including colleges and hospitals – that amounted to more than $ 128 million in federal funds in total.
A sign of the Ministry of Agriculture can be seen in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2022. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu Agency)
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“Canceled: $ 600,000 subsidy to study ‘menstrual cycles in transgender men,” Rollins wrote on the social media platform X on Friday.
“Keep sending us tips. Thank you, @Appproject! The insanity ends and the recovery of America is underway,” she added.
