# Supreme Court Blocks Trump Trans Policy

> Supreme Court blocks Trump's transgender prison care policy.
- Title: Supreme Court Blocks Trump Trans Policy · Newsweek | Shortify
- Summary: Supreme Court blocks Trump's transgender prison care policy. Supreme Court decision halts Trump administration's transgender prison care policy, with Alito…
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- Source: Newsweek — https://newsweek.com/trump-supreme-court-transgender-prison-policy-lgbt-inmate-12601544
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- Topics: supreme court, transgender, bureau of prisons, trump administration, gender-affirming care, federal prisons, eighth amendment, administrative procedure act, rehabilitation act
## Supreme Court Decision
Transgender inmates can continue receiving gender-affirming care while a legal challenge plays out.
## Policy Blocked
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's efforts to deny gender-affirming care to federal prison inmates.
## Conservative Justices
Conservative justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas stated they would have allowed the policy to take effect.
## Legal Challenge
Transgender inmates in New Jersey, Florida, and Minnesota sued the government over denying gender-affirming care.
## White House Response
White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster called the order a loss for common sense and vowed to continue fighting.
## ACLU Statement
ACLU's LGBTQ & HIV Project senior staff attorney Li Nowlin-Sohl said denying gender-affirming care violates constitutional rights.
## Policy Details
The Trump administration policy stopped federal funds for gender-affirming care, including in prisons, and required staff to use legal names or pronouns corresponding to biological sex.
## Legal Action Timeline
Transgender inmates sued in March 2025, leading to a preliminary injunction in June 2025 and Supreme Court review earlier in the fall.
## Government's Position
The government argued gender dysphoria is a mental health disorder and BOP should address it through therapy, not physical interventions.
## Key takeaway

Supreme Court decision halts Trump administration's transgender prison care policy, with Alito and Thomas dissenting.