QM Weekly Update for October 13, 2025
🏛️ After an alleged threat made against Lansing’s Avenue Cafe on September 24th, trans advocates met with a Lansing City Council committee on Wednesday, which agreed to draft a resolution of support for the LGBTQ+ community to be considered at the committee and council meetings. Lansing Advocates for Trans Safety has urged the Council to declare public support for Lansing’s LGBTQ+ community, create an LGBTQ+ board, and provide funding for LGBTQ+ venues to implement safety measures.
More information:
“Council committee will support push by Lansing’s LGBTQ+ community for support, safety measures”
📊 According to a survey released on Wednesday, in 2025, only 31% of trans people report being accepted by their parents, 24% by coworkers, 11% by extended family, and 58% by siblings and friends.
More information:
“Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents”
“More than 9 in 10 LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are ‘out’ to someone”
🏳️🌈✊🏿🏫 On Thursday, a survey was released that found that LGBTQ+ students of color want schools to proactively support students, implement policies addressing discrimination, protect confidentiality, and acknowledge that other factors beyond their LGBTQ+ identity contribute to mental health struggles.
More information:
“School Mental Health Experiences and Preferences Among Black, Hispanic, and Multiracial LGBTQ+ Youth”
- https://www.childtrends.org/publications/school-mental-health-experiences-preferences-black-hispanic-multiracial-lgbtq-youth
🏳️🌈🏛️ According to a new survey, in response to anti-LGBTQ politics and laws, 55% of LGBTQ adults in the U.S. have taken steps to be less visible as LGBTQ in their community and 43% of trans people have considered moving to a different state.
More information:
“57% of LGBTQ+ people have made major life changes since Donald Trump’s election: report”
- https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-life-changes-trump-election
“New Survey Reveals Dramatic Changes for LGBTQ Adults Since November 2024”
- https://www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-survey-report?mc_cid=c524a1d81e&mc_eid=67a80f35ec
🏳️🌈⚖️ On October 1st, the Michigan Supreme Court approved a new Code of Conduct intended to prevent judges from allowing bias or prejudice to impact their actions, but did not include language that specifically mentions gender identity, sexual orientation, or other characteristics, which were in an earlier draft.
More information:
“Michigan Supreme Court adds anti-bias judicial conduct rules, delays attorney conduct changes”
- https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/06/michigan-supreme-court-adds-anti-bias-judicial-conduct-rules-delays-attorney-conduct-changes/