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"
"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