🏳️‍⚧️🪖 On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced formal guidance for a new program requiring mandatory testing for "testosterone deficiency" for male troops ages 30 and older, despite banning gender-affirming care for trans service members. Medical groups in the U.S. do not recommend testing for testosterone levels unless symptoms are reported.

• More information:

  • "The Pentagon is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing for most male troops"

    • https://apnews.com/article/testosterone-testing-troops-pentagon-hegseth-09e50f1b2b272c089e667d615091c66b

🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 On Wednesday, the chief of the Saddle Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada, declared that trans and two-spirit children will retain access to gender-affirming care on their land. Last year, the province of Alberta banned gender-affirming care for trans youth under 16.

• More information:

  • "First Nation declares itself safe haven for gender-affirming care amid Alberta's ban for trans youth"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/first-nation-declares-itself-safe-haven-for-gender-affirming-care-amid-albertas-ban-for-trans-youth/

🏳️‍⚧️🚔⚖️ On Thursday, a federal court overturned a lower court ruling that required the state of Oregon to house trans women in women's prisons, instead ruling that the state can house them in men's prisons.

• More information:

  • "Federal court rules Oregon can place trans women in men’s prisons"

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/oregon-trans-women-prisons

🏳️‍⚧️⚕️🏛️ On Friday, New York University Langone Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center agreed to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans youth and pay a combined $9.45 million to resolve an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, which claims that their gender-affirming care is fraudulent.

• More information:

  • "UPMC to end pediatric gender-affirming care after agreement with DOJ"

    • https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/upmc-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-doj/

  • "DOJ Secures Agreements with NYU and UPMC to End Pediatric “Gender-Affirming Care”"

    • https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-secures-agreements-nyu-and-upmc-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care

🏳️‍🌈💵 On September 10, Outright International released a report finding that 89% of LGBTQ+ groups worldwide have lost funding in President Trump's second term and 49% have lost half of their operating budget or more, which has deeply affected HIV/AIDS treatment worldwide.

• More information:

  • "Trump’s funding cuts spell disaster for global LGBTQ+ groups, many ‘may not survive the coming year’"

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/lgbtq-nonprofits-funding-cuts

  • "Breaking Point The urgent need to invest in global LGBTIQ movements"

    • https://outrightinternational.org/breaking-point

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