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India's first medical clinic for transgender people has shut operations in three cities after US President Donald Trump stopped foreign aid to it.
www.bbc.com
Mitr (friend) Clinic, which was started in 2021 in the southern city of Hyderabad, offered HIV treatment, support and counselling services to thousands of transgender people.
Two more Mitr Clinics in Thane and Pune cities in western India, which were established the same year, have also shut down due to the aid cut.
In January, Trump signed an executive order pausing all foreign aid for 90 days, pending a review.
Trump has said he wants overseas spending to be closely aligned with his "America First" approach.
His crackdown on USAID, the US agency overseeing humanitarian aid to foreign countries since the 1960s, has been seen as a step to this end.
The stated mission of USAID was "to promote a free, democratic and prosperous world" which is not our job to begin with, but how the hell is a trans clinic even relevant to that goal?
Oh well, if it’s important to them India can fund it.
What gets me is the media thinks these articles will outrage people -"think of the poor trans people in Hyderabad!"
I think they get very puzzled when the overwhelming response from the US taxpayer is "Good."
Hyderabad: USAID cuts shutter India's first clinic for transgender people
The Mitr Clinic in Hyderabad offered medical care to thousands of transgender people in India.
www.bbc.com
Mitr (friend) Clinic, which was started in 2021 in the southern city of Hyderabad, offered HIV treatment, support and counselling services to thousands of transgender people.
Two more Mitr Clinics in Thane and Pune cities in western India, which were established the same year, have also shut down due to the aid cut.
In January, Trump signed an executive order pausing all foreign aid for 90 days, pending a review.
Trump has said he wants overseas spending to be closely aligned with his "America First" approach.
His crackdown on USAID, the US agency overseeing humanitarian aid to foreign countries since the 1960s, has been seen as a step to this end.
The stated mission of USAID was "to promote a free, democratic and prosperous world" which is not our job to begin with, but how the hell is a trans clinic even relevant to that goal?
Oh well, if it’s important to them India can fund it.
What gets me is the media thinks these articles will outrage people -"think of the poor trans people in Hyderabad!"
I think they get very puzzled when the overwhelming response from the US taxpayer is "Good."
the horror of it all
