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July 28, 2025

QM Weekly Update for July 27, 2025

  • 🏳️‍⚧️🏃��‍♀ On Monday, the U.S. Olympic Committee outlined a new policy banning trans women from competing in women's sports in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

  • More information:

    • "U.S. Olympic Committee bars trans women from competing, caving to Trump"

https://www.advocate.com/breaking-news/us-olympic-bans-transgender-women
  • "Team USA Olympics Trans Ban May Violate Federal Law"

    • https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/team-usa-olympics-trans-ban-may-violate

  • 🏳️‍⚧️🚽🪖 On Tuesday, the Department of Defense revealed, through a memo to the White House, that it would monitor bathrooms to comply with President Trump's anti-trans executive order.

  • More information:

    • "Military Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order"

      • https://www.404media.co/pentagon-says-it-will-continuously-monitor-bathrooms-to-comply-with-anti-trans-order/
  • 🏳️‍⚧️📜 On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order to "Prevent Woke AI in the Federal Government," which cites "incorporation of concepts like ... transgenderism" as a target.

  • More information:

    • "Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government"

      • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government/
  • 🏳️‍🌈⚖️ A Texas man is facing hate crime charges for allegedly physically assaulting two LGBTQ+ couples outside of MGM Grand Detroit on July 13th, leading to a woman being hospitalized.

  • More information:

    • "Man facing hate crime charges after allegedly attacking 2 couples outside MGM Grand Detroit"

      • https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/hate-crime-charges-attack-of-two-couples-outside-mgm-grand-detroit/
  • 🏳️‍⚧️📜 On July 10th, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management sent a directive instructing all federal agencies to comply with the Trump administration’s “two sexes” executive order by August 11th by ending trans-inclusive policies and making all protocols, facilities, and employee identification reflect “biological sex” rather than gender identity.

  • More information:

    • "Federal HR office sets deadline for government-wide purge of transgender and nonbinary inclusion"

      • https://www.advocate.com/news/opm-transphobic-memorandum-deadline

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