USAID dismantled; approximately 90% of LGBTQ-related foreign assistance programs terminated
- Date
- Actor
- State Department / USAID (Secretary Rubio as acting administrator); DOGE
- Agency
- Department of State (DOS)
- Type
- Funding action
Summary
The rapid dismantlement of USAID beginning in February 2025 — stop-work orders, mass award terminations, and absorption of residual programs into the State Department (completed July 1, 2025) — terminated an estimated 90% of USAID programs supporting LGBTQ communities globally, including transgender healthcare initiatives (e.g., in Vietnam and India), HIV prevention and treatment for transgender key populations, emergency shelters, and legal-reform and livelihood programs. Advocacy assessments found 75% of LGBT+ organizations worldwide facing life-threatening funding emergencies. (See also section 8.)
Status
USAID dissolved; terminated LGBTQ-focused awards were not restored; press accounts through mid-2026 documented ongoing fallout (program closures, former HIV-program workers destitute).
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Sources
- allout.org/en/highlights/usaid-cuts-lgbt(opens another site)
- advocate.com/news/ex-usaid-lgbtq-funding-trump(opens another site)
- lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/usaids-demise-a-catastrophe-for-lgbtq-groups-around-the…(opens another site)
- washingtonblade.com/2025/07/07/usaids-demise-americas-global-betrayal-of-trust-…(opens another site)