The GOP’s new strategy
Right-wing lawmakers using TikTok falsehoods to target LGBT nonprofits’ federal funding Every LGBTQ nonprofit in the nation should take note of something that happened last week, as it very likely will put them under the microscope when applying for federal funding.
Simply put, the Republicans have found a new way to go after our community; they are targeting our community by taking away funding from your local community center, your LGBTQ health clinic, your HIV/AIDS service organization, your LGBTQ youth programs and even LGBTQ affordable senior housing.
Any one of them could be next on the Republicans’ hit list. To do that, conservatives have used fake information, and Democratic Senators fell into their trap, defunding a $1 million grant for renovations to a community center that, since the 1970s, has provided meals to HIV/AIDS patients, counseled homeless youth and provided senior programs, job training, and other services to low-income individuals.
It has also served as a meeting place for scores of community organizations. Does this sound like your community center? I’m not sure how many millions of our tax dollars go to LGBTQ nonprofits, but what I can tell you, as a comparison, is that the largest federal nonprofit funding goes to the Catholic Church and its affiliates.
