The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from suspending hormone therapy and other treatments for transgender Americans in federal prisons, a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative high court.
The court handed down a one-sentence order that did not explain the decision.
Since Trump returned to power last year, the Supreme Court has allowed the administration to ban trans people from serving in the military and permitted a policy that requires that the sex designation on US passports align with a traveler’s sex assigned at birth. The court also this year upheld state laws that prohibit transgender athletes playing on girls’ sports teams.
