⚖️ Trump Orders Transgender Inmates Moved — Courts Step In Within Weeks

On January 20, 2025 — his first day back in office — Donald Trump signed an executive order that immediately reshaped policy inside the federal prison system.

The directive ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to house inmates strictly based on biological sex — meaning transgender women would be placed in men’s prisons, and transgender men in women’s facilities.

The order also went further: it blocked federal funding for gender-affirming medical care, including hormone therapy, for all federal inmates.

What Supporters Say
The White House framed the move as a return to “common sense” and a step to protect women in federal custody.