🏳️‍🌈🩸🌍 On June 18th, a U.S. State Department official announced that the U.S. would end funding for the HIV prevention and treatment program PEPFAR in South Africa due in part to the country’s lack of compliance with demands to roll back policies that the Trump administration claims discriminate against white South Africans.

• More information:

  • "Trump is ending a life-saving HIV program over a fake anti-white 'genocide'" 

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/is-ending-a-life-saving-hiv-program-over-a-fake-anti-white/

  • "Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa"

    • https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/18/pepfar-south-africa-white-afrikaners-hiv-aids-00968479

🏳️‍⚧️🏫⚖️ On June 18th, a U.S. appeals court temporarily blocked enforcement of a California law barring school districts from adopting policies requiring officials to out LGBTQ+ students to their parents. However, enforcement of the law is not blocked statewide, as the preliminary relief from the law only applies to the seven parent plaintiffs in the case.

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  • "Court blocks law protecting LGBTQ+ kids from being outed by teachers"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/court-blocks-law-protecting-lgbtq-kids-from-being-outed-by-teachers/

  • "Court strips away California protections for transgender students' privacy" 

    • https://www.them.us/story/court-forced-outing-california

🏳️‍⚧️🏥⚖️ On Wednesday, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the Department of Justice, which will prevent the DOJ from obtaining the medical records of trans people who have received gender-affirming care while under the age of 18 in New York City from 2020 to 2026.

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  • "Federal judge slaps down DOJ's demand for trans kids' medical information"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/federal-judge-slaps-down-dojs-demand-for-trans-kids-medical-information/

  • "Judge blocks Trump's DOJ from seizing trans youths' medical records from NYC hospitals"

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-barred-trans-kids-records

🏳️‍⚧️🏫🏛️ On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education opened a Title IX investigation into the Michigan public school districts of Ann Arbor, Monroe, and Chippewa Valley, claiming that they violated the rights of cisgender students by allowing trans students to play on sports teams and use locker rooms that correspond with their gender.

• More information:

  • "Trump Education Department investigates Michigan schools over trans-inclusive policies"

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-administration-michigan-schools-transgender

  • "3 more Michigan school districts targeted by feds in Title IX investigations"

    • https://www.mlive.com/education/2026/06/3-more-michigan-school-districts-targeted-by-feds-in-title-ix-investigations.html

  • "Feds open new investigations into transgender athletes in three Michigan school districts"

    • https://michiganadvance.com/2026/06/20/feds-open-new-investigations-into-transgender-athletes-in-three-michigan-school-districts/

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✈️According to data released on June 20th, a record 31% of requests for relocation assistance submitted in 2025 to the LGBTQ+ asylum relocation assistance organization Rainbow Railroad came from people trying to leave the U.S. to move to safer countries. 88% of those requesters were US citizens fleeing anti-LGBTQ+ policies from the Trump administration.

• More information:

  • "LGBTQ+ Americans are fleeing the US in record numbers because of Trump"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/lgbtq-americans-are-fleeing-the-us-in-record-numbers-because-of/

  • "Annual Report 2025: Understanding the State of Global LGBTQI+ Persecution"

    • https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/stories/annual-report-2025-state-of-global-lgbtqi-persecution