QM Weekly Update for Nov. 8, 2026
🏳️⚧️🗳️ This week in the midterm elections, there were several historical firsts for LGBTQ+ candidates in Michigan. State Senator Jeremy Moss won in the 11th...
QM Weekly Update for Nov. 1, 2026
🏳️⚧️🗳️ On Wednesday, it was reported that Republicans have spent $183 million on anti-trans ads this midterm election cycle, up $32 million from the 2024...
QM Weekly Update for Oct. 25, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️🚔⚖️ On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from the Trump Administration to allow it to stop providing gender-affirming...
QM Weekly Update for Oct. 18, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️🏛️ On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that they had sent letters to leading medical organizations, including the...
QM Weekly Update for Oct. 11, 2026
🏳️🌈🏛️🌍 On Monday, a report was released detailing 40 different cases where LGBTQ+ individuals were deported to countries that criminalize same-sex...
QM Weekly Update for Oct. 4, 2026
🏳️🌈🎓🏛️ On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education formally removed Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students from sex-based discrimination in schools. The...
QM Weekly Update for Sept. 27, 2026
🏳️🌈🏫 On Tuesday, two families sued the Detroit Lakes Public School district in Minnesota, as well as 4 board members, over its ban on LGBTQ+ items like...
QM Weekly Update for Sept. 21, 2026
🏳️⚧️🪖 On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced formal guidance for a new program requiring mandatory testing for "testosterone deficiency" for...
QM Weekly Update for Sep 13th, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️🏥 On Thursday, the Trump administration launched a new investigation regarding gender-affirming care for trans youth at Children's Hospital Colorado....
QM Weekly Update for Sep 7th, 2026
🏳️🌈🕯️ Last Monday, a man shot and killed two people and then himself in the parking lot of a gay bar in Tucson, Arizona, in an attack later confirmed by...
QM Weekly Update for August 31st, 2026
🏳️🌈⚖️ On August 21st, a federal appeals court upheld a 2023 resolution by the city council of Hamtramck, Michigan that banned Pride flags and other flags...
QM Weekly Update for Aug 24, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On August 14th, a federal appeals court panel of judges ruled to overturn a lower court’s blocking of a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena against...
QM Weekly Update for Aug 18, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️🏛️ On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid published a final rule that prevents Medicaid funds from being used to cover gender-affirming care...
QM Weekly Update for Aug 10, 2026
🏳️🌈⚖️ Last Thursday, the state of Michigan confirmed in a federal court agreement that it will not enforce its ban on licensed mental health professionals...
QM Weekly Update for August 3, 2026
🏳️🌈⚕️ On Thursday, Planned Parenthood of Michigan (PPMI) announced the immediate closure of three clinics in Michigan, including the Lansing location,...
QM Weekly Update for July 27, 2026
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️The Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber, a chapter of a national network focused on supporting LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and professionals, recently announced...
QM Weekly Update for July 20th, 2026
🏳️🌈⚕️ A study published on July 6th found that gay and bisexual women were 16% less likely to be screened for breast cancer and 8% less likely to be...
QM Weekly Update for July 13, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On Wednesday, a federal appeals court temporarily halted a June ruling which had blocked the state of Florida from suing the American Academy of...
QM Weekly Update for July 6, 2026
🏳️⚧️🏃⚖️ On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can ban trans women and girls from competing on women's and girls' sports teams in schools, and...
QM Weekly Update for June 29, 2026
🏳️🌈🩸🌍 On June 18th, a U.S. State Department official announced that the U.S. would end funding for the HIV prevention and treatment program PEPFAR in South...
