{"id":481725,"date":"2025-12-31T05:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481725\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T05:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:55:21","slug":"eric-adams-sets-up-2m-emergency-fund-for-transgender-care-after-fed-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481725\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams sets up $2M emergency fund for transgender care after fed cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Eric Adams carved out $2 million for transgender and \u201cgender nonconforming\u201d care in what he said Tuesday was an emergency action for nonprofits to offset massive federal funding cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The money is not enough to cover the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/16\/us-news\/city-sues-to-halt-fed-funding-cuts-over-school-trans-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$47 million in cuts<\/a> made by the Trump administration to education grants tied to the city\u2019s transgender-inclusive school policies in October, part of a broader clash over bathroom and locker room access for transgender students in public schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur administration will always ensure that members of the LGBTQ+ community are protected and have access to the care they need and deserve,\u201d Adams said in a statement announcing the fund.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams announced $2 million in emergency funding for gender affirming care.  Robert Miller<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing mayor vowed to protect access to transgender care as federal support falls away \u2014 even after Adams previously <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/17\/us-news\/mayor-adams-goes-on-bizarre-anti-dsa-rant-on-campaign-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned the city\u2019s school bathroom policy<\/a> and said he\u2019s \u201cnot for boys going into the same bathroom with little girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams said in September he does not support boys using the same bathrooms as girls in schools. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are putting our money where our values are and stepping up to serve those who need our care,\u201d Adams said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>City officials said the new fund will be administered by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and provide grants of up to $92,000 each to about 20 community-based nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration cit $47 million in education grants tied to New York City\u2019s transgender-inclusive school policies in October. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The organizations are expected to use the money in 2026 for program costs such as staff, supplies and services that deliver gender affirming health care, legal advocacy, housing help and other support, with most clients required to be transgender, gender nonconforming, or nonbinary\u00a0New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro framed the move as a direct response to Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw a need after federal budget cuts, and we are responding to it,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are essential services at stake for this community. 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