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# US judge blocks prison officials from transferring a dozen trans women inmates to men’s facilities
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/us-judge-blocks-prison-officials-from-transferring-a-dozen-trans-women-inmates-to-mens-facilities/
- Published: 2025-02-25T12:50:53.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-25T12:50:53.000Z
- Description: A US federal judge has blocked prison officials from transferring a dozen trans women inmates to men’s facilities, going against an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. Trump had decreed the end of diversity programmes and LGBTQ+ protections following his inauguration in January, notabl
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Donald Trump, LGBT, LGBTQ, Trans, Trans Rights, Trump

A US federal judge has blocked prison officials from transferring a dozen trans women inmates to men’s facilities, going against an executive order issued by President **Donald Trump**.

Trump had decreed the end of diversity programmes and LGBTQ+ protections following his inauguration in January, notably ordering authorities to ensure that “males are not detained in women’s prisons.”

The trans women inmates filed their lawsuit in a bid to prevent the government from implementing the order because they were concerned they would lose their gender-related medical treatment.

US District Judge **Royce Lamberth** subsequently issued an injunction to stop the transfer of three trans women inmates and extended it to nine others.

“The same reasoning from the Court’s original TRO Order \[ECF No. 23\] still applies, with nothing in the record to compel a different outcome,” Lamberth said in the ruling.

He cited the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, in his decision.

“Summarily removing the possibility of housing the plaintiffs in a women’s facility, when that was determined to be the appropriate facility under the existing constitutional and statutory regime, demonstrates a likelihood of success on the merits of the plaintiffs’ Eighth Amendment claim,” he said.

Trump has demonised recognition of gender diversity since his return to power, attacking transgender people — a small minority of the population — and gender-affirming care for minors in both his rhetoric and in executive orders. He has also banned trans people from serving in the military and from sports.