QM Weekly Update for Jan 12, 2026
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On Tuesday, the Trump administration agreed to not begin issuing notices of exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid to providers of youth gender-affirming care while a lawsuit proceeds against the recent Department of Health and Human Services declaration calling for such exclusion.
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“US delays exclusions for providers of child gender-affirming care, filing shows”
🏳️🌈📊 On December 23rd, an international study was published that found that LGBTQ+ people in socioeconomically vulnerable positions face greater anti-LGBTQ+ rejection.
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“Survey across 153 countries links the effects of LGBT-phobia and economic insecurity”
“Homophobia, economic precarity and the well-being of sexual and gender diverse people in a 153-country survey”
Homophobia, economic precarity and the well-being of sexual and gender diverse people in a 153-country survey | Nature Human Behaviour
A cross-country survey among 82,324 sexual and gender diverse people finds that family rejection, homophobic reactions, and institutional stigma and discrimination are linked with individual well-being, especially for those facing poverty.
🏳️🌈�� On Wednesday, a queer woman, Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, inspiring vigils and protests across the nation.
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“Video shows ICE agents killing queer woman. DHS calls her a “domestic terrorist.””
Video shows ICE agents killing queer woman. DHS calls her a "domestic terrorist." - LGBTQ Nation
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has called the DHS' claim "bulls**t."
“Who was Renee Nicole Good? Remembering the Minneapolis poet and mother killed by ICE”
Who was Renee Good? Minneapolis poet & mother killed by ICE | Advocate.com
Here's everything we know so far about Renee Nicole Good, who was killed Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
“Everything We Know About the ICE Killing of Renée Nicole Good”
Everything We Know About the ICE Killing of Renée Nicole Good | Them
Good was survived by her wife and children.
🏳️⚧️🏘️ A new poll revealed that 400,000 trans adults have relocated to a different state since the 2024 election, due to anti-trans laws and policies, making it one of the largest modern relocations in the United States.
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“Over 400,000 Transgender People Have Moved States Since Trump’s Election”
“New Survey Reveals Dramatic Changes for LGBTQ Adults Since November 2024”
Movement Advancement Project | New Survey Reveals Dramatic Changes for LGBTQ Adults Since November 2024
This nationally representative survey provides a critical snapshot into the experiences, concerns, and actions of LGBTQ people since the November 2024 election.
🏳️⚧️⚠️ On January 4, genocide scholars released an article alerting the public that the U.S. may already be in the early stages of a genocidal process against trans, non-binary, and intersex people, characterized by advancing policies that aim to physically and socially eliminate trans people as a gender group.
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“The US is in early stages of an anti-trans genocide, experts say”
The US is in early stages of an anti-trans genocide, experts say - LGBTQ Nation
One expert called the situation “terrifying.”
“Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans”
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.This piece has been updated from its original email version.Genocide scholars are sounding the alarm over what they describe as escalating attacks targeting transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans in the United States.Experts, including two former presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), warn that the nation may already be in the early stages of committ...
🏳️⚧️��🏴 On January 3rd, data was published showing that despite claims by politicians and TERFs that there is a crisis, trans women’s use of women-only spaces like public restrooms and domestic violence shelters has generated almost no complaints to major public bodies in England.
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“Almost no one is complaining about trans women in women’s spaces, study finds”
Almost no one is complaining about trans women in women's spaces, study finds - LGBTQ Nation
“This is a manufactured controversy, not a documented crisis.”
“What FOI Data Shows About Trans Women in Single Sex Spaces”
