Musk’s DOGE scraps $25,000 grant for LGBTQ refugees in Greece

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The so-called US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, announced on X that it had halted a $25,000 award intended to support LGBTQ refugees in Greece.

“While looking into this, the team identified a $25,000 award entitled ‘Empowering LGBTQIA+ Refugees in Greece’ with the description: ‘To provide material, legal, and psychological support to LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers and refugees; inform and raise awareness of civil society on issues faced by the LGBTQIA+ community.’ It has now been cancelled,” read DOGE’s post.

The decision followed a request from a Greek MEP from the nationalist Greek Solution party, Emanouil Fragkos, who asked Musk to investigate “US funds to Greek NGOs reserving luxury hotels for illegal migrants.”

Fragkos welcomed the move, tweeting, “Catharsis, we bring change.”

According to USAspending, the funding, allocated via the US Embassy in Athens, had already been disbursed in September 2024, meaning the cancellation affects only 2025 funding.

Source: Ekathimerini

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