Since returning to office, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the US government to recognise only two, unchangeable sexes - male and female.
A transgender woman serving in a federal prison has filed a lawsuit arguing that President Donald Trump's executive order directing the US government to recognise only two, unchangeable sexes and requiring inmates like her to be housed in men's prisons violates the US Constitution and federal law.
In a lawsuit, filed on Sunday in Boston federal court, the inmate, who is being represented by lawyers at rights groups including GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, took aim at an order Mr. Trump signed on his first day back in office on January 20 targeting what he called "gender ideology extremism".
The lawsuit appeared to be the first to be filed nationally challenging the order, which directs the federal government to only recognise two, biologically distinct sexes - male and female; house transgender women in men's prisons; and cease funding any gender-affirming medical care for inmates.
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