Several new Democrat earmarks in this year’s congressional budget request are raising eyebrows among conservative groups.
The 1,000 page budget — released around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday — includes earmarks that would go toward controversial LGBTQ+ facilities and a late-term abortion clinic. Another request includes a multimillion-dollar proposal for what critics dub “gun confiscation” research.
According to appropriations documents, Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin requested $400,000 request for a facility called Briarpatch Youth Services. One of the group’s programs is called “Teens Like Us LGBTQIA2s+” for ages 13-18 and a “Gender Affirming Clothing Program” that provides minors with clothing that matches their gender identity. It also organizes a “pride prom” for kids as young as 12, and connects LGBTQ youth without parental knowledge.
“Youth do NOT need parent/guardian permission to join Teens Like Us. We understand not all youth are at a point in their lives where they can safely and confidently ‘come out,’” the website says.
Another request from New Jersey Democrat Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez would send $400,000 to the state’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group, the Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc.
The group provides “binders and gaffs” — two types of undergarments used by transgender people to hide breasts or male genitalia.
