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...
QM Weekly Update for June 22, 2026
🏳️🌈🎉 This upcoming week, Lansing Pride is on Saturday, June 27 from 1-9pm in Old Town Lansing; Mason Pride is on Sunday, June 28th from 12-3pm at Rayner...
QM Weekly Update for June 15, 2026
🏳️🌈☎️ On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated that they will restore the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized...
QM Weekly Update for June 8, 2026
🏳️🌈⚕️ Recent poll data found that LGBTQ+ respondents over age 50 were more likely to report fair or poor mental health, having a disability, experiencing...
QM Weekly Update for June 1st, 2026
🏳️🌈🚬 Research published last month identified two potential pathways driving a higher rate of e-cigarette use among LGBTQ+ youth compared to their...
QM Weekly Update for May 24, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️ On May 15th, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Attorney General announced a settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital which will require...
QM Weekly Update for May 18, 2026
🏳️⚧️🗳️ On Tuesday, it was reported that the Wayne County Clerk rejected a challenge by Michigan House of Representatives candidate Frank Liberati to remove...
QM Weekly Update for May 10, 2026
🏳️🌈📊 A report released Tuesday found that 36% of LGBTQ+ youth ages 13–24 and 40% of trans youth reported suicidal ideation in 2025, and trans youth who...
QM Weekly Update for May 4, 2026
🏳️🌈✊🏿🫂 A recent study found that among Black queer teen boys, a positive sense of identity and a sense of belonging were among the most influential factors...
QM Weekly Update for April 27, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On April 18th, a federal judge struck down a declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services which threatened to potentially withhold...
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QM Weekly Update for April 20, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️ A study published in March found that the implementation of a DoxyPEP intervention in Seattle was associated with a county-wide reduction in syphilis...
QM Weekly Update for April 13, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On Wednesday, a federal judge upheld a temporary block against key portions of two Trump administration executive orders which threatened to...
QM Weekly Update for April 6, 2026
🏳️🌈⚕️⚖️ On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, recognized by experts as a form of anti-LGBTQ+...
QM Weekly Update for March 30, 2026
🏳️🌈🎒 A study released earlier this month found that in the first year and a half of high school, cisgender heterosexual students experienced a small...
QM Weekly Update for March 23, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚠️ Researchers at Northwestern University are advertising on social media sites to recruit trans youth for a new study called AYAGDOS. The project is...
QM Weekly Update for March 16, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld West Virginia’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries. While some headlines describe...
QM Weekly Update for March 9, 2026
🏳️🌈🏛️ A report published this month found that since President Trump began his second term, over 360 federal surveys and other data collections have removed...
QM Weekly Update for March 2, 2026
🏳️⚧️🪪 On Thursday, Kansas invalidated the driver’s licenses and state identification cards of all trans people in the state who have updated the gender on...
QM Weekly Update for Feb 23, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️📊 A recent major study found that 26% of trans youth have ever attempted suicide, over 3.5 times the rate of cisgender youth. Trans youth were also...