Judge Blocks Transfer of Transgender Woman to Men’s Prison

A Massachusetts federal judge has temporarily blocked prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men’s prison and halting her medical care.

The woman, who uses the pseudonym Maria Moe, sued President Donald Trump over his Jan. 20 executive order recognizing “two sexes” and preventing transgender women from being detained in women’s prisons

Her complaint said the order would block her from receiving hormone therapy that the Bureau of Prisons has provided for years, putting her mental and physical health at risk. It cites evidence that transferring her to a men’s prison would put her at extremely high risk ...