USA | Transgender woman sues Trump over transfer to men's prison

And it's not like it's easy for a trans woman to get into a woman's prison anyway. The vast majority of trans women were already held in male prisons. This order affects mostly people who have all their legal documents changed, have been on hormones for years, and have had surgery. You're talking about people that if you met them on the street, you would assume they were cis women. Hell, you would suspect they were cis women if you saw them on a nude beach. Before this executive order, you pretty much had to be that far in transition before you would be allowed to serve your time in a women's prison.

Also, hormones for trans people aren't just about psychological well being. If you're post-bottom surgery, your body doesn't produce sex hormones anymore. A post-op trans women needs to take estrogen, not just for her own psychological well being, but for basic metabolic functioning. Being without sex hormones causes all sorts of medical problems, such as rapid early onset osteoporosis.

The BOP is telling trans women, "because of my religion, we're going to melt your bones."