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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Kaley Johnson in Fort Worth and Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order

A protester is silhouetted against a trans pride flag
‘Our clients are desperate and scared,’ says Kara Janssen, an attorney representing trans women in litigation. Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/AP

Transgender women incarcerated in the US prison system have been transferred to men’s facilities under Donald Trump’s executive order, despite multiple court rulings blocking the president’s policy, according to civil rights lawyers and accounts from behind bars.

Trump’s day-one “gender ideology” order, one of several sweeping attacks on trans rights, said the attorney general “shall ensure that males are not detained in women’s prisons or housed in women’s detention centers” and that no federal funds go to gender-affirming treatment or procedures for people in custody.

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