Trans community fears Trump's actions will upend legal precedent on prison protections

Trans community fears Trump's actions will upend legal precedent on prison protections toggle caption Ben Curtis/AP Dee Farmer knows all too well what could happen when a trans woman is placed in a prison for men: abuse and assault from prisoners and frequent indifference from prison officials to stop it. toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP The Trump administration is already moving trans prisoners and immigrants D Dangaran, director of Gender Justice at Rights Behind Bars, told NPR that several trans people in federal facilities are already being separated from the general population as they prepare to be moved to a prison that doesn't align with their gender identity — at great risk to their physical and mental well-being. Though Trump's order only explicitly mentions the rehousing of transgender women, not transgender men, Dangaran said their organization "has already received reports from our clients that trans people — trans men and trans women — have been told they will no longer receive hormone therapy or other gender-affirming care. Advocates including Dangaran and Hodgson say Trump's order also appears to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Prison Rape Elimination Act, a 2003 law that requires federal, state and local correctional facilities to enforce a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual assault against inmates and requires housing assignments for trans inmates to be made on a case-by-case basis.