QM Weekly Update for Feb 16, 2026
π³οΈβπβοΈβοΈ On Thursday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enacting its recently-announced termination of $600 million in HIV...
QM Weekly Update for Feb 9, 2026
π³οΈβππβοΈ The Michigan Supreme Court is set to decide whether a lawsuit brought by a former professor at a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, who...
QM Weekly Update for Feb 2, 2026
π³οΈββ§οΈπ According to a new survey, 69% of trans and nonbinary Michigan State University undergrads reported being sexually harassed last year, compared to 57%...
QM Weekly Update for Jan 26, 2026
π³οΈββ§οΈποΈ On Tuesday, anti-trans provisions were removed from bills in Congress to fund the Departments of Education, Department of Labor, and Department of...
QM Weekly Update for Jan 19, 2026
π³οΈββ§οΈβοΈ A recent extended study of 432 trans youth receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy found reduced suicidality after they received treatment.More...
QM Weekly Update for Jan 12, 2026
π³οΈββ§οΈβοΈβοΈ On Tuesday, the Trump administration agreed to not begin issuing notices of exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid to providers of youth gender-...
QM Weekly Update for Jan 5, 2026
π³οΈββ§οΈβοΈβοΈ On Monday, a federal judge gave the Trump administration 120 days to respond to a lawsuit filed by 19 states, including Michigan, against the...
QM Weekly Update for December 29, 2025
π³οΈββ§οΈβοΈβοΈ On Tuesday, 19 states, including Michigan, sued to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from cutting off all Medicare and Medicaid...
QM Weekly Update for December 22, 2025
π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπβοΈ On Wednesday, a federal appeals court blocked Michiganβs ban on conversion therapy (described by expert sources as a form of torture) for LGBTQ+...
QM Weekly Update for December 15, 2025
π³οΈββ§οΈβοΈπͺ On Dec. 7th, a renegotiated version of the National Defense Authorization Act was released, which removes a proposed ban on Defense Department...
QM Weekly Update for December 8, 2025
π³οΈββ§οΈοΏ½οΏ½ On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a memo stating that it intends to remove special protections for trans, intersex, and gender...
QM Weekly Update for December 1, 2025
π³οΈβππ On Wednesday, it was reported that administrators at Otsego Public Schools, a district 30 minutes north of Kalamazoo, Michigan, removed a childrenβs...
QM Weekly Update for November 24, 2025
π³οΈββ§οΈβοΈποΈ On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an updated gender dysphoria report from May, revealing career anti-trans...
QM Weekly Update for November 17, 2025
π³οΈβππβοΈ On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis asking to overturn nationwide marriage equality.More...
QM Weekly Update for November 10, 2025
πβοΈ On Friday, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a federal court order for the Trump administration to issue full SNAP benefits during the month of...
QM Weekly Update for November 3, 2025
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π²On Thursday, the Michigan Senate approved $71 million of funding to continue state SNAP benefits this month amid the ongoing government shutdown, but it is...
QM Weekly Update for October 27, 2025
π³οΈβππ«βοΈ On Monday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring five Department of Defense schools for military families to reinstate books and...
QM Weekly Update for October 20, 2025
π³οΈβπποΈ On Monday, the Lansing City Council unanimously approved a resolution declaring Lansing an LGBTQ+ welcoming city. While the resolution is not legally...
QM Weekly Update for October 13, 2025
ποΈ After an alleged threat made against Lansingβs Avenue Cafe on September 24th, trans advocates met with a Lansing City Council committee on Wednesday,...
QM Weekly Update for October 6, 2025
πββοΈβοΈ On Monday, a federal judge threw out most class-action claims led by Riley Gaines against trans women athletes, but allowed a Title IX claim to...