By Alana Goodman | Published at The Washington Free Beacon

Professional trade groups that push "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion," anti-Semitism, and far-left politics are still raking in millions in taxpayer dollars—despite a series of Trump administration executive orders—according to federal spending records. One such organization is introducing young children to radical gender ideology.

The Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America, which represents over 200,000 gym teachers and health instructors, has received over $2.5 million since 2020 from the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Defense’s educational program for children of American service members.

According to the standards, students by the end of 2nd grade should be able to define "gender identity" and discuss the "range of ways people express their gender." By the end of 5th grade, they should be able to describe the "potential role of hormone blockers on young people who identify as transgender," "distinguish between sex assigned at birth and gender identity," and "explain differences between cisgender, transgender, gender nonbinary, gender expansive, and gender identity."

Despite the Trump administration’s many executive orders regarding government funding—and banning it from going to DEI programs, critical race theory, transgender studies, or anti-Semitic ideologies—many of these groups still receive federal watchdog group Open the Books (OTB) found.

OTB, which has investigated professional societies and their public funding, said the grant and contract descriptions often leave out references to DEI or other keywords targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency, which makes it harder to identify these organizations. But the watchdog group was able to trace some of the funding, finding potential conflicts with Trump’s executive orders.

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