US EditionJudge orders Trump administration to return two transgender inmates to women’s prisons
- A judge ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer two transgender women inmates back to women’s prisons after they were moved to men’s facilities due to an executive order.
- U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth stated the Bureau must continue providing the women with hormone therapy for gender dysphoria.
- The women reported living in fear of sexual assault and violence after being moved to male prisons, where they faced harassment and unwanted sexual advances.
- Lamberth's ruling is part of a series of decisions opposing the executive order, which mandates housing transgender women in men's prisons and halting gender-affirming care.
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Her case changed trans care in prison. Now Trump aims to reverse course
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Court rules Texas can place LGBTQ+ foster kids into unsupportive homes
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