Transgender recognition in Bangladesh, Kosovo, Guatemala how one USAID employee shows whats wrong with the embattled agency

In the annals of asinine USAID funding now bursting into public view under Trump administration scrutiny, the $50-billion-a-year United States Agency for International Development’s efforts to make the world safe for Queerocracy ring particularly perverse.For a window into these most colorful of efforts, consider the cool million bucks you the taxpayer committed in an award for an LGBTQI program adviser you probably didn’t know you needed.The $969,821 award’s recipient is a longtime activist named Stephen Leonelli.Curiously, the awardee is now listed as “undisclosed” on the USA Spending website.And Leonelli removed his LinkedIn profile after The Post contacted him.As per his title, Leonelli was tasked with supporting the hub’s programs “protecting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex individuals” globally.This, according to an August 2021 USAID blog post, included:* Efforts resulting in Bangladesh adding a third gender option in its 2021 national census.* Supporting “gender affirming healthcare” in South Africa, including clinics administering “hormone replacement therapy.”* “Reducing transgender discrimination and advocating for legal gender recognition in Kosovo.”* “Increasing LGBTQI+ political participation” in Guatemala.* Creating a toolkit “to enhance security protections for LGBTQI+ organizations in the Middle East and North Africa.”Social-media posts suggest Leonelli continued these activities under the USAID award that started in August 2022.Why would American tax dollars be spent on such programs?Or on a transgender comic book in Peru and opera in Colombia to millions of dollars for sex changes and LGBT advocacy from Guatemala to the western Balkans — all USAID programs now uncovered by the new administration?These outlandish items in some ways serve as a rainbow-colored distraction from USAID’s arguably more disastrous efforts, with funds ultimately landing in the hands of ter...