Source: International Business Times
A former DOGE staffer has testified that humanities grants were marked for possible cancellation simply because they mentioned LGBTQ+ people, shedding fresh light on how federal funding decisions were made inside the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The sworn testimony from Nathan Cavanaugh offers a rare look at a process that critics say reduced public humanities work to a keyword search, with projects tied to race, gender and LGBTQ+ communities singled out during a review ordered under President Donald Trump's anti‑DEI directives. How DOGE Staff Flagged LGBTQ+ Grants For CancellationCavanaugh, a political appointee in his twenties who worked with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team while detailed from the General Services Administration, said he and fellow DOGE staffer Justin Fox reviewed spreadsheets of grants awarded during Joe Biden's administration.
