Despite the bold efforts by President Trump and his administration to halt bizarre government-sponsored experiments on animals, focused on transgender hormone testing, nearly 40 such federal grants remain active as per the latest data. This includes a grant from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs.
Last week, as part of a sweeping initiative to enhance government efficiency and cut waste, seven grants supporting these animal experiments were targeted for cuts. Nevertheless, three programs, highlighted by the White House, are still in operation, with close to $4 million in taxpayer money still flowing into these controversial experiments.
- Duke University: Received $455,000 to inject mice with cross-sex hormones, examining the effects on HIV vaccine response. Read more
- Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Granted just under $300,000 to study testosterone therapy effects on female mice with breast cancer. Read more
- Indiana University: Continues to receive over $3.1 million to study transgender hormone therapy’s impact on asthma risk in animals. Read more
The White Coat Waste Project uncovered these grants, emphasizing the misuse of taxpayer money on unnecessary and painful animal testing.
WCW exposed dozens of active tax-funded projects where experimenters are subjecting lab animals to gender-affirming hormone therapies & transition surgeries, injecting them w/vaccines, overdosing them on sex party drugs, electroshocking them & other abuses
— White Coat Waste Project (@WhiteCoatWaste)
March 9, 2025
These research projects represent a larger agenda involving multiple federal departments, with about $400 million in active grants devoted to the study of transgender animal testing. Experiments include altering rat gonads to simulate sex-change operations and force-feeding testosterone to young mice.
Even the Department of Veterans Affairs is entangled in this agenda, researching the potential impact of gender-transitioning hormones on bone structure—a study with questionable relevance to veteran care.
The VA’s involvement is particularly contentious, as its actions are at odds with the Department of Governmental Efficiency’s (DOGE) mission to reduce such DEI-driven expenditures. The persistence of these projects, despite the Trump Administration’s oversight, remains a puzzle.
This issue transcends Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; it’s also about flawed science and resource misallocation, which could be redirected to more valuable efforts.
In conclusion, while the Trump Administration has made significant progress, many of these studies and grants persist, with American tax dollars still funding this agenda. The battle is far from over.
