QM Weekly Update for Sep 7th, 2026
🏳️🌈🕯️ Last Monday, a man shot and killed two people and then himself in the parking lot of a gay bar in Tucson, Arizona, in an attack later confirmed by police to be a hate crime. The shooter was found with a list of other local LGBTQ+ businesses and a note was found in his home indicating that it was a targeted attack against the LGBTQ+ community.
More information:
"Arizona police confirm Tucson gay bar shooting was a hate crime"
- https://apnews.com/article/arizona-gay-bar-shooting-killed-hate-crime-2884382f7e35f55590bd953ceb8d11d1
"Arizona police confirm Tucson gay bar shooting was a hate crime"
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-gay-bar-shooting-killed-hate-crime-2884382f7e35f55590bd953ceb8d11d1
🏳️🌈🩸 On Thursday, the FDA approved a new once-daily pill to treat HIV, designed for the estimated 5% of HIV-positive Americans whose HIV is already controlled but are unable to use any of the currently-available single-pill regimens.
More information:
"A new once-daily pill to treat HIV just got the FDA's green light"
- https://www.advocate.com/health/hiv-treatment-single-pill
🏳️🌈⚕️ Last Thursday, a report was released finding that 58% of LGBTQ+ adults delayed or postponed accessing healthcare during the past year, compared to 38+ of non-LGBTQ+ people, and that the two main reasons for forgoing care were cost and the inability to get an appointment. Among trans adults, 82% had reported delaying care in the past year.
More information:
“LGBTQ+ adults more likely to miss or forgo healthcare, survey finds”
"LGBTQ+ adults are delaying getting healthcare for 2 alarming reasons"
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/lgbtq-adults-are-delaying-getting-healthcare-for-2-alarming-reasons/
“Examining LGBTQ+ Adults’ Experiences with Health Care Costs and Access"
- https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/examining-lgbtq-adults-experiences-with-health-care-costs-and-access/
🏳️⚧️⚕️⚖️ On Wednesday, 22 states, including Michigan, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s proposed rule barring federal Medicaid funding from covering gender-affirming care for anyone under age 18 and Children’s Health Insurance Plan funding from covering this care for anyone under age 19. The lawsuit argues that the federal rule oversteps states’ rights by regulating the practice of medicine and excluding care deemed medically necessary by the states.
More information:
"22 states sue Trump admin over “unprecedented” attack on gender-affirming care"
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/22-states-sue-admin-over-unprecedented-on-gender-affirming-care/
🏳️⚧️🏛️🏫 On Tuesday, the Department of Justice sued Kansas City Public Schools over a policy that allows on a case-by-case basis for trans students to request that their parents not be present in meetings about their gender identity or transition, typically when students have concerns about their safety if unsupportive parents learn about their trans identity. This is the first lawsuit by the Trump administration to utilize FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) to assert parental access to information about a student's transition, such as preferred names and pronouns.
More information:
"Justice Department sues Kansas school system over policies on transgender students"
- https://apnews.com/article/school-transgender-pronouns-trump-doj-kansas-city-04dfbeeb0ec6768de2d24008c88a79f9
"DOJ sues Kansas school district for not outing trans kids to their parents"
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/doj-sues-kansas-school-district-for-not-outing-trans-kids-to-their-parents/
🏳️⚧️🏊🏛️ On Monday, a California judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit that claimed that California's trans-inclusive sports policies violates Title IX. Although the Supreme Court ruling in June did allow states to ban trans girls from competing in girls' sports, the ruling did not force states with trans inclusive policies to reverse their position.
More information:
"Trump DOJ tried to force California to ban trans girls from sports. A judge said no"
- https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/judge-transgender-athletes-california
"Federal judge strikes down Trump’s attempt to force a state to ban its trans athletes"
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/federal-judge-strikes-down-trumps-attempt-to-force-a-state-to-ban-its-trans-athletes/
🏳️⚧️🪖🏛️ On August 28th, the Trump administration sent a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case challenging its ban on trans people in military service, seeking to overturn the D.C. Circuit Court's injunction blocking the removal of transgender troops and have the Supreme Court decide the case before the district court's scheduled trial on the legality of the ban.
More information:
"Trump admin asks Supreme Court to take up trans military ban for the second time"
- https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/admin-asks-supreme-court-to-take-up-trans-military-ban-for-the-second-time/
"Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene ahead of trial so the Pentagon can fire transgender troops"
- https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/talbott-trans-military-supreme-court
🏳️⚧️⚕️🏛️ On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had reached a settlement with Mount Sinai Hospital System in New York under which the hospital will stop providing gender-affirming care to trans youth and will dedicate $2 million in free medical care to people who allege they were harmed by gender-affirming care.
More information:
"Renowned NYC medical center caves to Trump on trans youth care just as DOJ loses in court"
- https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/mount-sinai-abandons-transgender-patients
🏳️🌈⚕️ 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”
“Queering Medicine Provider Directory Submission Form”
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1alQRVQP0rK6QRgcxKQ-OiJS-x6nt0o4NRdyX_soPeFo/edit
