Overview

• U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of President Trump’s January executive order that sought to halt gender-affirming care in federal prisons.
• Lamberth certified a nationwide class of all current and future federal inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria, extending relief beyond the original plaintiffs.
• The injunction requires the Bureau of Prisons to continue providing hormone therapy and access to gender-aligned clothing and hygiene products as medically indicated.
• In his 36-page opinion, the judge found the administration failed to offer a reasoned explanation for treating gender-affirming interventions differently from other mental health care under the Administrative Procedure Act.
• The White House criticized the decision, arguing it compromises women’s safety and dismisses scientific consensus on gender-affirming treatment.