Researchers say the US government tried to erase sexual orientation from their findings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "In normal times, this would never happen," said Antin, director of the Center for Critical Public Health, a California-based research group.
56% : "I have never been asked to censor any articles for publication, nor, to my knowledge, have any of my colleagues ever been asked to censor words, word choice, or remove data from a publication in response to an executive order from the White House.
53% : Instead of complying, the researchers withdrew their paper from Public Health Reports, the official journal of the U.S. Surgeon General and U.S. Public Health Service.
50% : On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order directing government agencies to remove "gender ideology" from publications.
36% : In the blog post, Antin and Annechino urged other researchers to refrain from publishing in journals published by the federal government to avoid political interference.

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