Current federal policy on gender-affirming care of federal prisoners was written by the Trump administration.[1],[2]
But that hasn’t stopped Trump from falsely claiming that thousands of prison inmates and immigrants are being given taxpayer funded gender-affirming surgery by the Biden/Harris administration.
Trump officials wrote in a February 2018 report to Congress in February 2018 that the government was legally obligated to pay for gender-affirming surgery if it was deemed medically necessary.[3],[4],[5]
Only two inmates in federal custody have received gender-affirming surgeries – ever.[1]
Trump claims, without any proof, that “[Harris] even endorsed free sex changes [for]…illegal aliens in detention centers all over our country at taxpayer expense.”[6] Harris said she would follow the same law that Trump did.
Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration Customs Enforcement report that no immigrant in detention has ever received gender-affirming surgery - ever.[7]
Hate is contagious. Transgender people are among the most vulnerable and easiest to attack. Unfortunately, the trans community has become a centerpiece of Trump’s campaign. And as we’ve seen at his rallies, his violent rhetoric works.
[1] Under Trump, U.S. Prisons Offered Gender-Affirming Care
[2] Trump administration ‘signed off’ on sex-change surgeries for transgender prisoners
[3] United States Department of Justice Federal Prison System, FY 2019 PERFORMANCE BUDGET Congressional Submission. p.22.
[4] Court: Transgender people in prisons can get gender-affirming care
[5] Court orders first gender-affirming surgery for a transgender federal prisoner
[6] Trump delivers remarks at campaign rally in Indiana, Pa
[7] Fact check: Harris’ position on health care for transgender prisoners and detainees
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