On Monday, the University of Michigan, including Michigan Medicine announced they are halting gender-affirming care for trans minors after receiving a subpoena from the Department of Justice.

More information:

• "University of Michigan Health ends gender-affirming care after DOJ subpoena"

"UM Health-Sparrow to stop gender-affirming care for trans youth"

"University of Michigan latest hospital system to abandon trans minor patients & families after DOJ supoena"

• • https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/michigan-ag-warns-um-hospitals-not

  • “‘Potentially illegal’ for University of Michigan to halt gender-affirming care, state AG says”

  • https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5473332-university-of-michigan-gender-affirming-care-state-ag/

🏳️‍⚧️⚕️🏛️ On Tuesday, the state of Michigan received a letter from the federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services demanding that they remove references to “gender ideology” from sex education materials financed by the federal Personal Responsibility Education Program grant by October 27th or lose access to the funds.

More information:

• "Michigan must remove gender ideology from health program’s sex ed material, feds say"

  • https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/08/michigan-must-remove-gender-ideology-from-health-programs-sex-ed-material-feds-say.htmlmlive.com

  • “Trump Takes $81 Million In Sex Ed Funding Hostage Over ‘Gender Ideology’”

• • https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trump-takes-81-million-in-sex-ed

  • "Trump administration moves to end trans-inclusive sex education across the U.S."

  • https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-rewrites-sex-education

  • "Trump admin to Michigan: Remove ‘gender ideology’ from sex ed or lose millions"

  • https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/trump-admin-to-michigan-remove-gender-ideology-from-sex-ed-or-lose-millions/

🏳️‍⚧️�� Contrary to claims by far-right activists in the wake of a mass shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday that was carried about by someone who may have identified as trans, there is no evidence that trans people are more likely to be mass shooters, and estimates show that over 99% of mass shootings in the last decade were carried out by cisgender people.

"Far-Right Exploits Children's Deaths in Minneapolis to Target Trans People"

• https://truthout.org/articles/far-right-exploits-childrens-deaths-in-minneapolis-to-target-trans-people/

• "Mass shooters are not disproportionately transgender"

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/mass-shooters-are-not-disproportionately-transgender/

• "Minneapolis mayor warns against 'villainizing trans community' after shooting leaves 2 children dead"

• https://www.advocate.com/crime/minnesota-transgender-church-shooter

• "Right-wing media uses school shooter’s alleged gender identity to demonize all trans people"

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/right-wing-media-uses-school-shooters-alleged-gender-identity-to-demonize-all-trans-people/

• "Marjorie Taylor Greene & other Republicans rush to villainize trans people in wake of shooting"

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-other-republicans-rush-to-villainize-trans-people-in-wake-of/

• "Administration official blames trans health care for Minnesota shooting"

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/administration-official-blames-trans-health-care-for-minnesota/

🏳️‍⚧️⚕️🏛️ On June 30th, the Vera Institute of Justice reported that since February, ICE no longer reports how many transgender people are in their custody and they have rolled back trans care in detention centers.

More information:

• "ICE Has Stopped Reporting How Many Trans People It Holds In Custody."

  • https://truthout.org/articles/ice-has-stopped-reporting-how-many-transgender-people-it-holds-in-custody/