India’s First Transgender Clinic Shuts Down After Losing Its USAID Funding

India’s first transgender clinic has closed after losing its funding from USAid.

Mitr Clinic, located in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, had its USAid slush fund cut off as part of the recent 90-day freeze imposed by President Donald Trump.

All of the staff have been fired and customers have been urged to go elsewhere.

“We were informed that the funds had been cut off because president Trump ordered a freeze on our clinic’s funding,” a former clinic official told The Telegraph.

“We had been serving hundreds of transgender patients, providing mental healthcare and transition-related medical services.”

”We stopped operations in early February, with no hope of resuming.”

The clinic was founded in 2021 by USAID in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

It is among numerous healthcare facilities across Africa and South Asia impacted by the freeze.

The issue of funding Indian transgender clinic was one of thousands of revelations made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) about how billions of American taxpayer dollars were being spent overseas.

The specific case brought to attention by Louisiana Senator John Kennedy during a recent Senate hearing.

“USAID gave money to support electric vehicles in Vietnam with our taxpayers’ money. USAID gave money to a transgender clinic in India.”

“I didn’t know that. I bet the American people didn’t know that.

“Musk also found that USD 1.5 million was given to Serbian LGBT organisations.

“They got the money to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbian workplaces and business communities.”

Since returning to office in January, Trump has also rolled back transgender protections and benefits put in place under the Biden administration.

Among the policies he has imposed include a ban on so-called “gender-affirming care” for children younger than 19 and a complete ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military.