Trans people in federal custody are already feeling immediate impacts of the order, the ACLU’s Gillian Branstetter says.

The executive order, titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” and signed on Trump’s first day in office, directs the federal government to recognize only two, biologically distinct 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 U.S. government to recognize only two, unchangeable sexes and requiring inmates like her to be housed in men's prisons violates the U.

The lawsuit alleges the plaintiff "will be at an extremely high risk of harassment, abuse, violence, and sexual assault" if transferred.

The order reinstates the president’s previous first-term policy, which banned trans people from enlisting and those serving from transitioning

A transgender inmate in a federal prison sued over an executive order by President Donald Trump directing inmates to be housed in prisons that correspond to their biological sex. The lawsuit, filed Sunday in a federal court in Boston by a biologically male inmate who identifies as a woman,