"He threatened to brutally murder a lesbian Democrat. Now he’ll pay the price."

"New York Man Pleads Guilty to Making Hate Crime Threat against Michigan Attorney General"

🏳️‍⚧️🪖 On Wednesday, the U.S. Army released a 14-page memo stating that records of transgender soldiers will now only show sex assigned at birth.

• More information:

  • "The Army will change trans troops’ records to reflect their sex at birth"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/the-army-will-change-trans-troops-records-to-reflect-their-at-birth/

  • "U.S. Army orders systematic erasure of transgender troops’ gender identity"

    • https://www.advocate.com/news/hegseth-records-birth-sex-change

🏳️‍⚧️⚕️🏛️ On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a budget bill which includes a provision banning Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA marketplace insurance plans from covering any gender-affirming health care for trans people of any age. The bill now awaits a vote in the Senate.

• More information:

  • “House passes bill banning coverage of trans health care through Medicaid, CHIP & Obamacare”

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/house-passes-bill-banning-coverage-of-trans-health-care-through-medicaid-chip-obamacare/

  • "Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ banning federally funded gender-affirming care for trans people"

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/anti-trans-gop-bill-passes

  • "House Spending Bill Now Bans Medicaid For Transition Care For Adults"

🏳️‍⚧️⚕️ A study published in April found that trans people in the U.S. receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy had a 37% lower chance of contracting HIV and a 44% lower chance of having an uncontrolled HIV infection compared to those not receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy.

• More information:

  • “Trans people who receive gender-affirming care are less likely to get HIV”

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/trans-people-who-receive-gender-affirming-care-are-less-likely-to-get-hiv/

  • “HIV seropositivity and viral non-suppression in transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people in primary care receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy in the USA between 2013 and 2019 (LEGACY): an observational, longitudinal, cohort study”

    • https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(25)00004-9/abstract

🏳️‍⚧️⚕️ As a result of a Texas law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth, the state’s Attorney General can use prescription records to sue doctors providing care. Due to interstate data sharing agreements, the Texas AG has access to prescription data from 37 other states, including Michigan.

• More information:

  • "Ken Paxton Can Access Your Prescription Records"

    • https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ken-paxton-can-access-your-prescription