QM Weekly Update for October 6, 2025
🏊♂️⚖️ On Monday, a federal judge threw out most class-action claims led by Riley Gaines against trans women athletes, but allowed a Title IX claim to proceed, stating that the NCAA research department may have to adhere to federal statutes because of its partnership with the Department of Defense.
More information:
“Judge throws out most of Riley Gaines suit against trans athletes but lets one key claim proceed”
Judge throws out most of Riley Gaines suit against trans athletes but lets one key claim proceed - LGBTQ Nation
Gaines's battle over Title IX will continue three years after she tied for 5th with a trans women & used the moment to launch an entire hate movement.
“Georgia judge tosses out most of failed college swimmer Riley Gaines’s NCAA lawsuit over trans athletes”
- https://www.advocate.com/news/riley-gaines-case-partially-dismissed
🏳️🌈🏫⚖️ On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that a school board in Florida can ban school libraries from having books that mention LGBTQ+ people without violating the 1st Amendment.
More information:
“Federal judge says ‘government speech’ allows libraries to censor LGBTQ+ books”
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/federal-judge-says-government-speech-allows-libraries-to-censor-lgbtq-books/
🏳️🌈🏫⚖️ On Tuesday, the Tenth Circuit Court in Colorado affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Catholic preschools must adhere to Colorado’s nondiscrimination laws regarding LGBTQ+ families or be denied funding for the Universal Preschool Program.
More information:
“Catholic schools sued to exclude LGBTQ+ families but still get state money. A judge shut them down”
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/catholic-schools-sued-to-exclude-lgbtq-families-but-still-get-state-money-a-judge-shut-them-down/
🩺 On Tuesday, it was reported that the Veterans Health Administration has banned VA doctors from providing letters and referrals to access gender-affirming care from outside providers.
More information:
“VA bans doctors from referring trans veterans to private gender-affirming care providers”
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/va-bans-doctors-from-referring-trans-veterans-to-private-gender-affirming-care-providers/
“Veteran Affairs doctors banned from writing gender-affirming surgery referrals to private providers for trans vets”
- https://www.advocate.com/news/va-doctor-transgender-surgical-referrals
🎓🏛️ On Wednesday, the Trump administration asked 9 major colleges and universities to sign an agreement adopting a federal political agenda, including anti-trans rules, to get more favorable access to federal funds.
More information:
“Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money”
- https://apnews.com/article/trump-political-agenda-colleges-federal-money-756407729a3b16c7bb51564d5056084c
“Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda for better access to federal money”
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-asks-9-colleges-to-commit-to-his-political-agenda-for-better-access-to-federal-money
⚖️ Sixteen states, including Michigan, are jointly suing the Department of Health and Human Services for threatening to withhold funds from two sex ed programs unless states remove references to “gender ideology” from instructional materials.
More information:
“16 states sue RFK Jr. over funding threats to sex ed programs that acknowledge trans people exist”
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/16-states-sue-rfk-jr-over-funding-threats-to-ed-programs-that-aknowledge-trans-people-exist/
“16 States Sue HHS After It Threatens to Cut Funds Over Trans Inclusion in Sex Ed”
- https://truthout.org/articles/16-states-sue-hhs-after-it-threatens-to-cut-funds-over-trans-inclusion-in-sex-ed/
🩺 A complaint was filed on behalf of four ICE detainees at a women’s facility in Louisiana, alleging that they were subjected to forced labor, sexual assault, and denial of medical care from 2023-2025 by a former assistant warden who purportedly specifically targeted three of the four for being trans men.
More information:
“ICE allegedly subjected trans men to forced labor & sexual abuse in women’s facility””
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/ice-allegedly-subjected-trans-men-to-forced-labor-in-womens-facility/