bureau-of-prisons: LGBTQ+ news and stories

The Supreme Court Won't Let the Trump Administration Cut Off Care for Trans People in Federal Prisons — For Now

On October 21, the Supreme Court refused the administration's emergency request in Trump v. Kingdom, leaving in place a lower-court order that blocks the Bureau of Prisons' 2026 policy ending hormone therapy and accommodations for trans inmates.

Oct 22, 2026 By TrueQueer

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A Federal Judge Just Ordered Prisons to Keep Treating 2,000 Trans Inmates — As a Class

A D.C. federal court certified a class of roughly 2,000 transgender people in federal prisons and ordered the Bureau of Prisons to keep providing hormone therapy and accommodations while their challenge to a Trump executive order proceeds.

Jun 3, 2026 By TrueQueer

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Appeals Court Clears Way to Transfer Trans Women to Men's Prisons

A divided D.C. Circuit panel vacated the injunction that had kept incarcerated trans women in women's facilities, handing the Trump administration a significant win on one of its first-day executive orders.

Apr 21, 2026 By TrueQueer