Three transgender people currently incarcerated in federal custody have filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration's new Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that prohibit their access to gender-affirming care. The plaintiffs were diagnosed with gender dysphoria by BOP medical providers but have had their treatments suspended. The plaintiffs argue that this BOP policy violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishments,” the equal protection requirement of the Fifth Amendment, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Rehabilitation Act.
