Three transgender people incarcerated in federal custody sued the Trump administration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Friday in a class action lawsuit over new policies restricting their access to gender-affirming care.

The complaint, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenges one of President Trump’s executive orders and a BOP directive to end treatments, including hormone therapy and surgery, for trans inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

Trump’s Jan. 20 order, which he signed during his first hours back in office, proclaims the government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, and broadly prohibits federal dollars from being used on what he and his administration have called “gender ideology.”

The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland........

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