During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, his administration approved roughly $600 million in grants with descriptions containing the words “men who have sex with men,” according to a Washington Examiner review of federal grant records. 

These grants largely funded research and direct public interventions intended to address the spread of diseases associated with homosexuality, often noting that individuals engaging in homosexual activity take on an increased risk. HIV, monkeypox, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia are among the sexually transmitted diseases and infections most often addressed by these grants. Transgender women, Latinos, and African Americans were also commonly identified in the federal grants as being at an increased risk of contracting ailments through their sexual behavior or substance abuse.