New Mexico school district used grant money to buy ‘chest binders’

Published June 12, 2024 10:00am ET



A school district in New Mexico was given a $10,000 grant to spend on a “transgender closet” but instead spent the vast majority on “chest binders,” according to a public records request.

Las Cruces Public Schools was given the check by the nonprofit group It Gets Better, an LGBT organization with a focus on children, to build a closet in Centennial High School meant to fashion students with cross-dressing opportunities at school.

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