QM Weekly Update for November 24, 2025
🏳️⚧️⚕️🏛️ On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an updated gender dysphoria report from May, revealing career anti-trans activists as authors of this document against gender-affirming care, disguised as scientific rigor.
More information:
“Trump’s Anti-Trans Report Authors Revealed: Hate Groups and Billionaire-Funded Anti-Trans Activists”
🏳️⚧️��⚖️ On Monday, a lawsuit was filed against President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security because ICE deported a trans woman to Mexico even though the court warned she “more likely than not” would face torture or death in Mexico.
More information:
“Trump’s ICE Deported Trans Woman Improperly After Court Warned She Could Be Killed”
Trump's ICE Deported Trans Woman Improperly After Court Warned She Could Be Killed | Them
A court order found that Britania Uriostegui Rios “more likely than not” would face torture or death in Mexico.
Complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.214606/gov.uscourts.lawd.214606.1.0.pdf
🏳️🌈🩸🏛️ On Friday, it was reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be ending all monkey research, which will stop work that is critical for studying HIV and developing treatments.
More information:
“Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research”
“CDC to End Monkey Research Program”
CDC to End Monkey Research Program | Scientific American
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to end its monkey research program will affect studies involving some 200 macaques, and the fate of the animals is unclear
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On Friday, a federal judge rejected attempts by the U.S. Department of Justice to access detailed medical records of children who have received gender-affirming care from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
More information:
“Federal court rejects Trump Justice Department’s effort to access trans kids’ medical records”
Judge blocks DOJ from getting trans kids' medical records | Advocate.com
<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi, under Donald Trump, has tried to force hospitals to give the government access private health information of children.</p>
Memorandum
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.paed.640150/gov.uscourts.paed.640150.43.0.pdf
🏳️⚧️⚕️ The Michigan State Medical Society recently revoked the accreditation of an organization which had been providing for-credit Continuing Medical Education courses about trans medicine for medical providers in partnership with Genspect, an anti-trans hate group.
More information:
“Anti-Trans Hate Group Genspect Loses Its CME Certification, Michigan State Medical Society Says”
🏳️⚧️⚕️🏛️ Beginning in 2026, all U.S. cancer registries will be required to classify the sex of patients according only to the patient’s sex assigned at birth, making it much more difficult to study cancer among trans people.
More information:
“US Cancer Registries, Constrained by Trump Policies, To Recognize Only ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ Patients”
US Cancer Registries, Constrained by Trump Policies, To Recognize Only ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ Patients - KFF Health News
Under Trump policies, cancer registries in 2026 will have to classify sex data strictly as male, female, or unknown, a change scientists and advocates say will harm the health of one of the nation’s most marginalized populations.
🏳️🌈🚔 A new report found that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be stopped, harassed, and falsely accused by police, and are also less likely to contact the police than non-LGBTQ+ people if they are the victim of a crime.
More information:
“Police are more likely to mistreat LGBTQ+ people, a disturbing new study finds”
Police are more likely to mistreat LGBTQ+ people, a disturbing new study finds - LGBTQ Nation
Mistreatment means LGBTQ+ people are less likely to contact the police, affecting the statistics on crime against them.
“LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be stopped, arrested, and falsely accused by police: report”
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be mistreated by police | Advocate.com
<p>LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be mistreated by police, and it's impacting when they'll call for help. </p>
“Law Enforcement and LGBTQ People”
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Police-Interactions-LGBTQ-Nov-2025.pdf