The Trump administration canceled at least 68 grants to 46 institutions, totaling about $40 million, that had been awarded to study issues related to LGBTQ health.
Some of the grant money was already spent, but at least $1.36 million -- and likely more -- in future support has been pulled as part of the Trump administration's efforts to target what it calls "ideologically-driven" science.
That is part of a larger effort to 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.
The U.S. Air Force is rescinding a ban on including preferred pronouns in email signatures and other communications. The military branch announced the change in a news release.
The reversal was signed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Gwendolyn DeFilippi.
The earlier directive, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was issued on January 31 to comply with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump stating that the United States government will only recognize two sexes -- male and female -- as legitimate.
Several Black faith leaders are urging members of their congregations to boycott Target in protest of the company's decision to scuttle its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
The retail giant joined a host of other corporations in dropping pro-diversity programs and initiatives in response to threatened boycotts by conservatives and a larger backlash against so-called "wokeness" in the wake of Donald Trump's election to the presidency.
Jamal-Harrison Bryant, the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, sparked the calls for the most recent boycott.
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