Transgender woman sues Trump over plan to move her to men’s prison
by Brooke Migdon - 01/27/25 4:07 PM ET
An incarcerated transgender woman sued the Trump administration Sunday, challenging an executive order that requires the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to house transgender inmates according to their sex at birth and prevents prisoners from accessing gender-affirming medical care.
The order, which Trump signed on Jan. 20 during his first hours in office, recognizes only two sexes, male and female, and broadly prevents government dollars from being spent on what his administration calls “gender ideology.”
The order, which pledges to protect women and restore “biological truth to the federal government,” explicitly prohibits women’s prisons and detention centers from housing transgender female inmates. It tasks the incoming attorney general with ensuring BOP complies with the order and guaranteeing no federal funds “are expended for any medical procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex.”
BOP revised its transgender offender manual in 2022, restoring guidelines first instituted under former President Obama requiring federal prisons to consider the safety of transgender people when deciding where to house them and use trans inmates’ chosen names and pronouns.
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