US EditionFederal Prisons Must Keep Providing Hormone Therapy to Transgender Inmates, a Judge Says
- On June 3, 2024, a federal judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons to maintain access to hormone treatments and other supportive measures for transgender inmates across the country.
- This ruling follows federal litigation challenging an executive order by President Trump that restricted gender-affirming care and barred funds for gender transition in prisons.
- Judge Royce Lamberth found the administration failed to justify changing prior policies and highlighted the risk of serious mental health harms without treatment.
- Lamberth stated the Bureau of Prisons must provide hormone therapy and gender-aligned items as medically necessary, noting over 600 inmates currently receive such care.
- The injunction prevents transferring transgender inmates to facilities of the opposite gender and suggests ongoing legal protections for their medical needs under constitutional and federal law.
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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 …
Judge Enjoins Trump Administration from Denying Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Prisoners
Federal prisons must keep providing gender-affirming hormone care and protections to transgender people, after a federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking one of Trump’s anti-trans executive orders. The ACLU welcomed the “critical ruling,” saying in a statement, “This administration’s cruelty towards transgender people disregards their rights under the Constitution. The denial of medically necessary health care, including…
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