University of Michigan gender-based research projects on Trump chopping block

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The $407,963 grant supported a project that proposed to integrate national data sets to estimate the prevalence of smoking, lung cancer screening eligibility and other smoking-related outcomes among adults who've minority sexual orientation or gender identity.
48% : Five grants totaling more than $2.6 million from the National Institute of Health, including two of the same amount for one project, were listed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ranging in topics from HIV prevention in transgender women to male partners to cancer-related health disparities among gender minorities.
41% : The funding terminations are the latest cuts to federal spending since President Donald Trump took office in January amid an ongoing push to end diversity, equity and inclusion and gender-related initiatives in higher education.

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