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Monday, May 18 - “Starting on the first day of his second term, President Trump began to issue numerous executive actions, several of which directly address or affect health programs, efforts, or policies to meet the health needs of LGBTQ+ people. This guide provides an overview of these actions, in the order in which they were issued.”

Monday, May 18 - “A Colorado hospital that halted gender-transition treatment to transgender minors after the Trump administration threatened to cut off funding must resume pro viding those treatments, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday.”

Monday, May 18 - “There may be a few public restrooms in Kansas where the state’s expansive anti-trans bathroom law won’t apply.”

Tuesday, May 19 - “The former president of a now-shuttered, anti-LGBTQ organization was arrested Tuesday for seeking sex from an undercover deputy posing as a 14-year-old boy, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.”

Tuesday, May 19 - “The organization behind Hong Kong’s largest annual LGBTQ+ carnival, Pink Dot HK, announced on Monday the cancellation of its scheduled June 14 event. Organizers also canceled last year’s event under similar permitting issues, with LGBTQ+ activists saying that government support for such events has dramatically decreased as mainland China asserts increasing control.”

Tuesday, May 19 - “Eryka Caldwell, a 41-year-old transgender woman beloved by her community, was stabbed to death in her Bushwick, New York apartment on Sunday morning.”

Tuesday, May 19 - “The Trump administration on Tuesday launched an investigation into Washington state’s practice of housing transgender women in its women’s prison.”

Wednesday, May 20 - “Former congressman Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of Congress, has died at 86. His sister confirmed the news to NBC News Wednesday.”

Wednesday, May 20 - “A growing body of research shows, as Browne said, that the relationship between biology and performance is far more complex than one hormone creating a performance advantage or disadvantage.”

Wednesday, May 20 - “Trans women must be barred from female toilets, changing facilities and sports teams, new official guidance is to state.”

Wednesday, May 20 - “The Seattle LGBTQ Commission has requested that Mayor Katie Wilson declare a civil state of emergency due to an influx of transgender and queer individuals relocating from conservative states, which is straining local housing, food, and mental health resources.”

Thursday, May 21 - “A UK-based Christian charity is facing backlash after resurfaced sermons linked homosexuality to pedophilia and bestiality, while claiming boys ‘no longer rape girls’ and instead ‘rape boys.’”

Thursday, May 21 - “New analysis published today by Amnesty International UK reveals how a rapidly expanding network of organisations campaigning against trans rights is shaping media coverage and political debate across the UK, while trans people are increasingly excluded from reporting about their own lives.”

Thursday, May 21 - “The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum has been years in the making — and now, transphobia is threatening to derail the whole thing.”

Friday, May 22 - “The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet is one of the oldest religious institutions in St. Louis. For more than a century, the nuns have lived, prayed and worked inside an imposing brick motherhouse in the city’s south side, not far from the banks of the Mississippi River. On a recent Friday evening, a lawn sign with a rainbow background and the words “Save Trans Lives” sat outside the entrance to the motherhouse dining room. It’s an uncommon message in the traditional enclaves of Catholic St. Louis.”

Saturday, May 23 - “Following up on a letter that called for Mayor Katie Wilson to declare a civil emergency to support transgender people seeking refuge in Seattle, a crowd rallied Saturday on Capitol Hill and marched to City Hall.”