Donald Trump’s ban on gender-affirming care blocked by federal judge

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Donald Trump's ban on gender-affirming care blocked by federal judge

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Story by Arin Waller (3 March 2025)

U.S. District Court Judge Lauren J. King, an appointee of President Joe Biden, initially issued a 14-day pause on Trump's directive which sought to stop federal funding for research and educational grants to medical schools and hospitals that provide gender affirming care to people under the age of 19.

The treatments used in gender-affirming medical care have been safely used on trans people and cisgender children for decades. Major medical associations consider gender-affirming care to be safe, essential, and effective for trans people's well-being.

However, Judge King pressed DOJ attorney Vinita Andrapalliyal about the terminology in Trump's order, particularly its definition of gender dysphoria. After a continuous back-and-forth, Andrapalliyal acknowledged that gender dysphoria is a condition and King verified that Andrapalliyal had "no reason to dispute the scientific legitimacy of this diagnosis."

Washington Assistant Attorney General William McGinty conveyed the issue's urgency, saying, "The president's disregard for the Constitution is obvious and intentional. But once again, states and the courts have stepped up to affirm the rule of law and the values that hold us together as a nation."

Furthermore, Judge King found that the order's use of disparaging terminology with words such as "maiming," "sterilizing," and "mutilation" contradicts what is typical for gender-affirming care in the United States.