One of the women sued the Trump administration, alleging the order violates her constitutional rights and puts her “at an extremely high risk of harassment, abuse, violence, and sexual assault.”

Following Trump’s executive order, a trans woman held at a federal prison was told she would be moved to a men’s prison.

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.

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.

An incarcerated transgender woman sued the Trump administration Sunday, challenging an executive order that requires the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to house transgender inmates according to their sex at birth and prevents prisoners from accessing gender-affirming medical care.

The suit challenges an executive action that required trans women to be housed in prisons for men, and ends transition-related medical treatment for prisoners.