US EditionFederal Prisons Must Keep Providing Hormone Therapy to Transgender Inmates, a Judge Says
- On Tuesday, Federal Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that transgender inmates in federal prisons must be allowed ongoing access to hormone treatments and necessary social accommodations.
- The ruling responded to an executive order by Republican President Donald Trump requiring the Bureau to revise medical care policies and restrict spending on treatments that alter inmates' appearances.
- Three transgender inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria filed a lawsuit challenging policy changes that disrupted their access to hormone therapy and approved social accommodations including feminine undergarments and cosmetics.
- Judge Lamberth noted the Bureau continues hormone therapy for over 600 inmates and said prison officials cannot arbitrarily withhold medications or accommodations deemed medically necessary.
- The ruling requires federal prison officials to maintain medically appropriate care for transgender inmates despite the executive order's directives, and applies beyond the named plaintiffs to all similarly situated inmates.
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US Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring the Federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing an executive order that would deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates. The judge reasoned that enforcing the order could cause irreparable harm to the inmates by denying them medically necessary treatment. He found that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their claim that the executive order violated their consti…
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s plan to deny hormone therapy to trans federal inmates - Philadelphia Gay News
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. this week issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily blocking the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from denying hormone therapy and other accommodations to transgender inmates. The injunction does not require the BOP to provide gender-affirming surgical care. The injunction was issued on June 3 by Royce C. Lamberth, a senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. On March 7, 2025, the …
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