NBC News reports:
The CDC on Friday is scrubbing a swath of HIV-related content from the agency’s website as a part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to wipe out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government.
CDC employees were told in a Jan 29. email from Charles Ezell, the acting director of the U.S. office of personnel management, titled “Defending Women,” that they’re not to make references or promote “gender ideology” — a term often used by conservative groups to describe what they consider “woke” views on sex and gender — and that they are to recognize only two sexes, male and female, according to a memo obtained by NBC News.
Employees initially struggled with how to implement the new policy, with a deadline of Friday afternoon, the staffer said. Ultimately, agency staffers began pulling down numerous HIV-related webpages — regardless of whether it included gender — rushing to meet the deadline. It was unclear when the pages might be restored.
Read the full article. Earlier this week unshielded metadata revealed that Ezell’s directives were actually written by Project 2025 operatives.
An employee working for an agency funded by federal grants working in HIV care just told me that their manager said the CDC website is expected to come down “in its entirey” and “to save what they might need.” Targethiv.org, run by the Health Resources and Services Administration, is already down.
— Ryan Broderick (@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
All the content on the CDC website for the youth health is gone.
— Ryan Broderick (@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I’m told by my source that CDC staffers have also been instructed to “remove pronouns from email signatures today” as well.
— Ryan Broderick (@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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