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The United States Department of Agriculture canceled a subsidy value of $ 600,000 for the study of menstrual cycles in transgender men, Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday.
He Agricultural and Mechanical University of the University of the South In Louisiana he was the recipient of the subsidy, according to a database in Usaspending.gov.
“The first appearance of menstruation occurs at approximately 12 years of age and ends with menopause at approximately 51 years of age,” says the description of the subsidy. “A woman will have a monthly menstrual cycle for about 40 years of her life, averaging approximately 450 periods in the course of her life.”
The Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, talks to the members of the press outside the White House in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2025. (Getty images)
“It is also important to recognize that transgender men and people with male identities, intersex and non -binary people can also menstruate,” adds the description. “At any given time, around 26% of the world’s population is menstruating.”
The study seeks to “address the growing concerns” Menstruation relatedIncluding the potential use of natural fibers, such as hemp, in female hygiene products.
Brooke Rollins talks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, on Friday, February 14, 2025. (Getty images)
The subsidy had been scheduled to remain in progress until April 2027.
The study was first discovered by the Conservative Project of Non -Primer Purpose, which has identified more than 340 federal subsidies issued during the Biden administration For several institutions, including universities and hospitals, which totaled more than $ 128 million in federal funds.
A signal from the Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2022, is observed. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu agency)
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“Canceled: subsidy of $ 600,000 to study ‘menstrual cycles in transgender men’,” Rollins wrote on Friday on the Social Network Platform X.
“He continues to send us advice. Thank you, @approject! The madness is finishing and the restoration of the United States is underway,” he added.