USAID Introduces New Framework To Promote ‘Comprehensive Sexuality Education’ Abroad

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new framework for “LGBTQI inclusive development” on Wednesday, which includes a policy goal of aiding in access to “comprehensive sexuality education.”

The framework also says that access to sexual health care and “reproductive rights,” which frequently refers to abortion, are key outcomes pursued by USAID, which is the federal agency that distributes billions of taxpayers dollars every year to countries around the world.

“USAID affirms and celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people and all people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) as integral parts of every society,” the new framework says.

According to USAID LGBTQ coordinator Jay Gilliam, inclusive development means that “every individual and community, of all diverse identities and experiences, is instrumental in the transformation of their own societies.”

Gilliam previously worked as the global director of the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that has opposed bans on sex-change operations on children.

“USAID is incredibly proud to stand for nondiscrimination, to stand for empathy, and to stand for inclusion. We dedicate ourselves to those values during pride month and every month of the year,” USAID Director Sammantha Power said in the framework’s launch video.

Screen grab from USAID framework.

In addition to addressing violence around the world, the framework says that LGBT-identifying individuals are denied opportunities for “political participation and economic empowerment” throughout the globe.

The framework also goes to great lengths to recognize all potential gender identities.

“USAID recognizes that language is dynamic and evolves, that terminology differs across languages and cultures, and that it is always best to ask individuals from local LGBTQI+ communities about preferred terminology. Regardless of the acronym used, USAID’s intention is to be inclusive of the full diversity of all sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions, and variations in sex characteristics,” the document says.

The framework highlights one clinic in India supported by USAID that is “run by and for transgender individuals” in the country. The U.S. has backed other “Pride” events in India, including an event on “pride in American literature.”

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The announcement of the new initiative comes after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill on Tuesday to abolish USAID over concerns it’s using taxpayer dollars to spread “wokeism” abroad.

“American taxpayer dollars are being wasted to fund radical leftist propaganda in foreign countries,” Gaetz said in the press release. “The American people will not tolerate government-funded degeneracy at home, and we certainly will not accept its force-feeding abroad under Old Glory.”

Trump Meets With Fox Execs About Debate After Saying He Didn’t Want To Face Hostile Opponents, Questions: Report

Former President Donald Trump reportedly dined with Fox News executives this week to discuss the rapidly approaching first Republican Party primary debate after he previously dismissed the idea as “stupid” and indicated that he did not want to face “hostile” opponents and questions on the debate stage.

Trump dined with Fox News President Jay Wallace and CEO Suzanne Scott at his club in Bedminster after learning that he was going to be criminally charged in what is now the third case in which he’s been indicted.

The executives “made a soft appeal” in lobbying the 77-year-old former president to participate in the debates, according to a report from The New York Times. The report noted that several people close to Trump have warned that if he does not show up, it could backfire by allowing another candidate to catch fire.

Trump remains the frontrunner for now, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to be in clear second place. No other candidates poll anywhere near double digits, according to The New York Times/Siena poll, which is rated by FiveThirtyEight as the top poll in the nation. The poll shows a dramatic drop off after DeSantis with the next closest candidates barely registering with voters as former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley all sit at 3%. The remaining candidates all sit at 2% or less.

While Trump appears to be dominant at the moment with just over half of the vote in The New York Times/Siena poll, the poll showed that nearly half of the respondents who chose Trump in the poll — 46% — say that they are “considering other candidates.”

The dinner between Trump and Fox News executives was described as “cordial” and the president reportedly told them that he has not yet made a decision on whether he’ll debate.

Trump said in an interview late last week with Breitbart News that the debates were what won him the 2016 GOP nomination and the 2016 general election.

The former president said that he did not want to face “hostile questions” from a “hostile network” and from “hostile” candidates on the debate stage.

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The candidates that he said he did not feel like going up against were polling at “one, two, three, four, five” points, which, according to The New York Times poll, are all the candidates except for DeSantis.

Trump participating in the debates could “be a stupid thing to do,” but he says he enjoys doing them and thinks “they’re a good thing.”

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