On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order that banned all forms of gender-affirming care for trans people in federal prisons. Six months later, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from enforcing the order. This block is still in effect today.
Despite the judge’s order, Uncloseted Media’s Hope Pisoni spoke with eight incarcerated trans people and reviewed legal statements by several more over the course of a monthslong investigation that found that the BOP is still denying access to gender-affirming accommodations at prisons across the country. Pisoni also found that the women who stood up for themselves reported being met with intense retaliation, from lengthened sentences to physical violence.
In the second episode of “UNCLOSETED, with Spencer Macnaughton,” Pisoni breaks down the investigation.
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CREDITS:
Host: Spencer Macnaughton
Audio Production Intern: Bella Sayegh
Reporting: Hope Pisoni
Editor: Taya Strauss and Sam Donndelinger
Social producer/Design: Sophie Holland
Special thanks: Jennifer Moroz and Leital Molad