I had to double and triple check that this was real, because it’s absolutely beyond anything you could even imagine. And incredibly it is real! It just happened today. It’s not AI and not a Deep Fake. Check out this truly stunning clip of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Sarah Rogers, testifying to Congress today and admitting that the Biden Administration spent time and money trying to “make the maps more gay”. Watch here: The Biden administration was allegedly wasting taxpayer money making gay maps, according to Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers. Rep Brian Mast: Can you tell me what is queering the map? Rogers: So I think we were trying to make the maps more gay. Mast:… pic.twitter.com/hPFWJxyxGY — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 6, 2026 NOT SATIRE! From Townhall, another clip: .@RepBrianMast: “What is queering the map?” Biden State Dep Admin: “I think we were trying to make the maps more gay … maybe they weren’t gay enough” Biden’s Presidency was a complete joke.pic.twitter.com/C42iMoI9RQ — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 6, 2026 Grok confirms the clip is real and explains exactly what it means to “make the maps more gay”: House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing: March 2026 Yes, it’s real—this exchange happened during a March 2026 House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing under the new administration, where Rep. Brian Mast grilled State Department officials (including Under Secretary Sarah B. Rogers for Public Diplomacy/Management) about leftover Biden-era spending on various public diplomacy and academic grants. The specific phrase came up regarding a roughly $72,000 Fulbright-Hays doctoral dissertation grant (administered jointly by the Department of Education and State Department) awarded to a student researching queer and trans community building in Czechia (Czech Republic) and Slovakia. Part of the project involved creating an interactive online map of LGBTQ+ spaces, experiences, and histories in those countries—explicitly modeled after the existing crowdsourced platform called Queering the Map. The “Queering the Map” Project That original “Queering the Map” project (launched in 2017 by artist/designer Lucas LaRochelle) is a digital archive where LGBTQ+ people anonymously drop pins on a world map and share short personal stories tied to specific locations—things like: First kisses Coming-out moments Safe spaces Sites of violence/loss Cruising spots Pride events Everyday queer life in otherwise overlooked places It now has tens of thousands of entries and functions as a kind of community-generated counter-archive that challenges traditional maps’ focus on dominant (often straight, cis, colonial) narratives of space. Academic and Activist Context In academic/activist contexts, “queering the map” (or “queering cartography”) draws from queer theory and critical geography. It means: Challenging how conventional maps normalize certain identities, histories, and uses of space while erasing or marginalizing others. Adding layers that highlight LGBTQ+ experiences, non-normative geographies, or “queer” readings of place (e.g., marking public parks as sites of both joy and danger for queer people, or showing how cities are navigated differently by trans folks). Using mapping as resistance—reclaiming space, preserving erased histories, or making invisible communities visible. So “making a map more gay” (or “more queer”) is basically sarcastic shorthand for applying queer-theory lenses to cartography: overlaying LGBTQ+ stories, identities, and spatial experiences onto geographic data to create more inclusive/representative/alternative representations. Political and Cultural Impact In the hearing, the official’s deadpan/joking responses (“trying to make the maps more gay” → “maybe they weren’t gay enough”) played into the viral clip’s humor/absurdity angle, especially amid broader Republican criticism of these grants as wasteful ideological spending during serious national security issues (e.g., Iran-related threats). Critics see it as a classic example of bureaucratic overreach. Supporters frame it as soft-power cultural/educational outreach or academic freedom in international studies. The clip is circulating widely because the phrasing is hilariously blunt and meme-worthy, but the underlying project is a genuine (if niche) academic/digital-humanities effort that got federal funding through standard grant channels. At this point, I think we all owe Alex Jones a big apology….because he was right. Not only are we turning the frogs gay, but apparently we are making the maps gay as well, which is really an incredible accomplishment: RF.K Jr. confirms what Alex Jones has been saying forever…..The water is turning the frogs and kids gay…#WeWantAnswers #AlexJones #RFKJr pic.twitter.com/mbr5X1OqOz — Isaac’s Army (@ReturnOfKappy) September 23, 2023