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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Trans inmates sued the administration over the policy and, so far, two lower courts have blocked implementation</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Trump administration</a> <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26/26A416/425762/20260928095458720_Kingdom_Application_FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">asked</a> the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US supreme court</a>, on Monday, to allow it to deny gender-affirming care to transgender inmates in federal prisons, while litigation over the matter continues in lower courts.</p><p>In its latest emergency request to the high court, the solicitor general, D John Sauer, wrote that certain care, including sex-trait-modification surgeries, hormone therapy and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-trans-women-prisons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">social accommodations</a> – such as undergarments, makeup, padding and wigs – “could no longer be justified as treatment for gender dysphoria”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/gender-affirming-transgender-prisoners-trump-supreme-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>