Families ask judge to block Trump DOJ nationwide from getting trans kids' medical recordshttps://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-health/class-action-transgender-minor-records 🔗Christopher Wiggins (9 May 2026)
As the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against transgender people's healthcare, families across the country are asking a federal court to stop the Justice Department from obtaining the private medical records of transgender children.
Eleven families filed a proposed nationwide class action Saturday in federal court in Maryland seeking to block the Department of Justice from enforcing subpoenas sent to children's hospitals around the country. The subpoenas demand extensive protected health information related to minors who received gender-affirming care, including names, home addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, and treatment records.
The lawsuit, In re: Administrative Subpoenas to Children's Hospitals, represents a dramatic escalation in the growing legal war over transgender rights under President Donald Trump's second administration. Families and civil rights attorneys accuse the federal government of weaponizing investigative powers to intimidate hospitals, frighten parents, and create what they describe as a de facto registry of transgender youth receiving medical care.
"The Department of Justice has turned its investigative power into a weapon against families, and it has to stop," GLAD Law Legal Director Josh Rovenger said in a statement shared with The Advocate. "Federal courts have been clear: these subpoenas have no legitimate purpose, they are designed to harass and intimidate in order to further a political agenda."
