Federal judge blocks Trump’s transfer of transgender women to men’s prisons
He ruled that the Trump administration’s policy likely violated the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
February 25, 2025
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Trans inmate sues over Trump's 'two sexes' order
The order will mean the inmate, identified under the pseudonym Maria Moe, will be transferred to a men's prison, putting her in immediate danger, the lawsuit says.
January 27, 2025
Federal Prisons to Address LGBT Workers' Concerns
There will now be an LGBT rep in the diversity program at every federal prison.
May 3, 2012
Trump Admin Attacks Trans People Again by Rolling Back Prison Protections
The Trump administration rewrote the Prison Rape Elimination Act's guidelines to allow for housing of trans people based on "biological sex."
May 11, 2018
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton Introduces Anti-Trans Prison Bill
The proposed legislation would make it illegal for prisons to house inmates according to their gender identity.
January 20, 2022
Transgender Jan. 6 Rioter Is Now in a Women's Prison. Did Far-Right Republicans Help?
Jessica Watkins had asked for help from U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, and Jim Jordan.
September 14, 2023
Donald Trump punches down on transgender people in hypocritical new Kamala Harris attack ad
Republicans are attacking the vice president for something Trump’s own administration provided to incarcerated trans people.
October 22, 2024
Only 11 Trans People Housed in the Right Prison in England and Wales
A Ministry of Justice report released Thursday said there are at least 119 trans women being held in men's prisons in the two U.K. countries.
November 29, 2019
Federal officials force transgender women into men’s prisons despite judge’s ruling against Trump’s order
It’s cruel and unusual punishment, advocates and at least one federal judge have said.
March 10, 2025
Harris campaign claps back at Trump’s anti-trans ads' hypocrisy over gender-affirming care for prisoners
Under Donald Trump’s administration, trans inmates had access to the same medical care that his campaign is attacking Kamala Harris for supporting.
October 21, 2024
Donald Trump commutes sentence of trans woman convicted for role in January 6 insurrection
Jessica Watkins had been sentenced to more than 8 years for her involvement in the violent Capitol attack.
January 21, 2025
Trump will ban trans women from women's prisons by removing trans inmates from rape protections
Provisions in one of the first orders signed by Trump mandate that transgender women be housed in men's prisons by stripping protections for trans prisoners in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
January 24, 2025
Georgia Policy Revisions Aim to Affirm Trans Prisoners
After a federal lawsuit and pressure from the Justice Department, Georgia officials are revising the way they treat transgender prisoners.
April 16, 2015
Chelsea Manning Gets Good News From Military
Nearly a year after her lawyer put in a request to begin hormone replacement therapy, it appears that the Department of Defense has agreed to treat Chelsea Manning.
July 18, 2014
The Unspoken Horror of Incarcerated LGBT People
A new study finds a disproportionate number of LGBT people in America's prisons -- and many of them are subjected to abuse while there.
February 23, 2017
Man Who Attacked Lesbian Lawmaker Angie Craig Gets 27-Month Prison Sentence
The sentence was 12 months less than that requested by prosecutors, but the man will also serve 36 months of supervised release.
November 21, 2023
Harris explains that Trump also backed gender-affirming care for prisoners during Fox News interview
“I will follow the law, and it’s a law that Donald Trump actually followed,” Vice President Kamala Harris said.
October 16, 2024
A Grim Reminder: Solitary Is Deadly for Trans Folks
The death of a transgender woman held in solitary confinement in a Florida men's prison highlights the dire consequences of so-called protective custody.
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August 18, 2016
WATCH: WikiLeaks Source Comes Out as Transgender
The former Army private sentenced to 35 years for sharing classified government documents with the website WikiLeaks revealed today that she's transgender.
August 22, 2013