🏳️‍⚧️⚕️🏥 On Thursday, the Trump administration launched a new investigation regarding gender-affirming care for trans youth at Children's Hospital Colorado. The hospital already stopped offering gender-affirming care for trans minors last December, due to the threat of funding cuts by the federal government.

• More information:

  • "Children’s Hospital Colorado reveals it has been targeted by a second federal investigation over trans care"

    • https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/childrens-hospital-colorado-trans-investigation

🏳️‍⚧️🪖 This week, it was reported that the Pentagon is utilizing private medical information to identity transgender troops through the medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.

• More information:

  • "Pentagon digs through troops' confidential medical records to hunt for transgender service members"

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pentagon-military-records-trans-troops

  • "Military reportedly snooping through private medical records to identify and kick out trans soldiers"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/military-reportedly-snooping-through-private-medical-records-to-identify-kick-out-trans-soldiers/

  • "Pentagon searching medical records to identify transgender troops"

    • https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2026/09/pentagon-searching-medical-records-to-identify-transgender-troops/

  • "Press Release: SPARTA Pride Sounds Alarm Over Accelerated Removal of Transgender Service Members"

    • https://spartapride.org/2026/08/press-release-sparta-pride-sounds-alarm-accelerated-removals/

🏳️‍🌈🏫 The Michigan LGBTQ+ Students Project has announced that it needs to raise $250,000 by the end of 2026 in order to stay afloat and not close due to federal funding cuts!

• More information:

  • "A Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Students in Michigan Schools Is Running Out of Money"

    • https://pridesource.com/article/michigan-lgbtq-students-project

🏳️‍⚧️🏫 On August 26th, Ann Arbor Public Schools updated its policy on trans and gender nonconforming student in response to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education, clarifying that parents have full access to student records related to gender information.

• More information:

  • "5 things to know: Why Ann Arbor schools updated its transgender policy"

    • https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/09/5-things-to-know-why-ann-arbor-schools-updated-its-transgender-policy.html

  • "AAPS changes transgender student policy under pressure from U.S. Department of Education"

    • https://www.wemu.org/wemu-news/2026-08-28/aaps-changes-transgender-student-policy-under-pressure-from-u-s-department-of-education

  • "Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education: Resolution to Adopt Permanent FERPA Amendments to Board Policy 5011"

    • https://a2schools.community.highbond.com/document/0d7a9f1d-afa5-4d02-a2a7-186147a97e8f/

🏳️‍🌈⚕️ The Queering Medicine Provider Directory is a community resource that helps LGBTQ+ individuals in the Greater Lansing Area connect with affirming healthcare providers and services by maintaining an up-to-date, reliable, community-informed directory. Know an affirming provider around Lansing? Please share the provider submission form with them so they can apply to be included in our directory!

• More information:

  • “Queering Medicine Provider Directory”

    • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Mw3ekLyS6UMDPVNSI-bNsSYwJ6z1qB9mzPc1Vv_SXJ8/

  • “Queering Medicine Provider Directory Submission Form”

    • https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1alQRVQP0rK6QRgcxKQ-OiJS-x6nt0o4NRdyX_soPeFo/