US judge blocks Trump’s subpoenas for transgender care at New York hospitals | LGBTQ images

The Trump administration has called for an investigation into transgender health care, which led to the creation of special medical records.

A federal judge in the United States has stopped the Department of Justice (DOJ) from issuing subpoenas for the medical records of transgender patients it received. gender identity care like young people from New York agents.

On Wednesday, District Judge Katherine Polk Failla issued a temporary restraining order to prevent access to the confidential files.

The decision comes after the hospital revealed it had been tipped off by Justice Department officials, and several families and patients filed lawsuits in response.

Failla also said the subpoenas, issued by President Donald Trump’s administration, could be a violation of patient privacy.

“Whether by accident or by design, the administration’s policies vis-a-vis transgender persons embody a concerted effort to obtain deeply private information about an entire class of individuals without their knowledge or consent,” the judge said in her ruling.

Since returning to office for a second term, Trump has led a crackdown on transgender protections.

On his first day in the White House, the Republican leader issued an executive order ordering the government to reject the concept of gender and recognize only two genders: male and female.

He followed this plan with policy changes to prevent transgender people from finding jobs. On January 28, 2025, he signed the directive prohibiting gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

As part of the plan, he also called on the Department of Justice to “investigate and take action to stop” such medical practices.

Soon after, in February 2025, the Pentagon issued a memo effectively banning it transgender workers from the military, saying that their sexuality was “inconsistent with the high mental and physical standards required” for the service.

Critics have called the Trump administration’s efforts a slow attempt to denigrate and marginalize transgender people and question their identity.

Failla explained what he did on Wednesday.

He added that the administration will try to “identify, demonize, and eliminate all transgender people”.

His current ban is expected to last 14 days. Failla has scheduled a follow-up hearing on July 8 to decide whether to issue an order to extend the Justice Department’s ban on access to confidential medical records.

The request to obtain medical records in New York was issued by the supreme court in northern Texas, a part of the federal court that is seen as a compassionate place for conservative reasons.

Judges across the country have blocked several of the nearly 20 subpoenas issued by a Texas court to hospitals and doctors who provide transgender care.

“Today’s order from the court is a victory for the privacy of our clients and all families like them in New York City,” Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, a plaintiffs’ attorney at the LGBTQ group Lambda Legal, said in a statement.