QM Weekly Update for June 8, 2025
🏳️⚧️⚕️🚔 On Monday, the FBI shared a post on X asking followers to report hospitals, clinics, and practitioners who they suspect are performing gender-affirming surgeries on trans minors.
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"FBI is trying to get people to snitch on clinics they believe are performing gender-affirming care"
FBI is trying to get people to snitch on clinics they believe are performing gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The move is likely to result in a chilling effect further jeopardizing young people’s access to necessary healthcare.
“Gender-affirming surgeries rarely performed on transgender youth”
Gender-affirming surgeries rarely performed on transgender youth | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
A new Harvard Chan School study found little to no utilization of gender-affirming surgeries by transgender and gender-diverse minors in the U.S.
🏳️⚧️🏀 On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education declared that June will be recognized as “Title IX Month.” while announcing two new investigations into public schools accused of allowing trans women and girls to use the correct gendered facilities.
More information:
“Trump doesn’t recognize Pride Month, but declares Jun Title IX Month”
"Department of Education renames June “Title IX Month” in attack on LGBTQ+ equality"
"Why LGBTQ+ groups aren't phased by Trump's 'Title IX Month' attention grab"
"U.S. Department of Education Recognizes June as ‘Title IX Month’"
🏳️⚧️⚕️🚔⚖️ On Tuesday, a U.S. District Court judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order denying gender-affirming care to trans people in federal prisons, allowing trans inmates to continue to have access to gender-affirming hormone therapy and social accommodations.
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“Federal prison inmates can get gender-affirming care as judge blocks Trump’s order”
🏳️⚧️⚕️🌐 On Tuesday, the Human Rights Watch released first report by an international rights organization detailing the experiences of trans youth, their families, and medical providers in the U.S.. They found that these gender-affirming care bans violate rights to health, non-discrimination, and personal autonomy.
More information:
“Human Rights Watch Offers Scathing Report on Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans in the US”
"“They’re Ruining People’s Lives”Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth in the US"
🏳️🌈🪖📜 On Tuesday, it was revealed that the U.S. Secretary of Defense ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, which became the first Navy ship named after an openly gay person when it launched in 2021, as part of his crusade to rid the military of anything connected to LGBTQ+ people.
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"Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship"
"Pete Hegseth orders Navy to remove Harvey Milk’s name from ship during Pride Month"
"For Pride Month, homophobe Hegseth orders Navy to strip Harvey Milk's name from ship”
🏳️🌈⚖️ On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled to revive the discrimination suit of a woman who claimed she was denied a promotion due to being straight, deeming it unlawful for her discrimination claim to have been held to a higher evidentiary standard in lower courts. This decision affects 20 states and D.C., which all hold members of majority groups suing for discrimination to a higher standard of evidence.
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“BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with straight woman in so-called ‘reverse-discrimination’ case”
"Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio"
🏳️⚧️⚖️ On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit ruled that owners of a spa in Washington violated the First Amendment by not allowing a trans woman access and services due to their religious convictions.
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"Ninth Circuit Court Rules a Spa’s Anti-Trans Ban is Not Protected By the First Amendment
🏳️⚧️📊 A new report found that of 932 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents of harassment, vandalism, threats, and assault reported to GLAAD in the past year, 52% targeted transgender and gender-nonconforming people.
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“52% of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks targeted transgender and gender nonconforming people”
“2025 GLAAD ALERT Desk Report”
"GLAAD Alert Desk Documents More Than 900 Anti-Lgbtq Incidents In The Past Year Across The U.S."
🏳️🌈⚕️💊 Last month, a study found a sharp increase in PrEP, which decreases the chances of contracting HIV, being dispensed to young adults aged 18-25 in the U.S. from 2016 to 2023.
More information:
"HIV prevention treatment rising among young adults, U-M study finds"
"National Trends in HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Dispensing to Young Adults, 2016–2023"