LGBTQ+ groups urge prisons not to stop gender-affirming care for trans inmates

PROMO, a Missouri organisation defending the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, alongside trans and non-binary Representative Wick Thomas, members of the LGBTQ+ Faith Alliance, a group of healthcare professionals, and members of Black & Pink, hosted a press conference after they were informed of at least two transgender inmates who were taken off their gender-affirming medication.

Jessica Hicklin was also part of the press conference. Hicklin is a transgender woman who was blocked from accessing hormone therapy while at the Potosi Correctional Center for male inmates in Missouri. A federal district court ruled that Hicklin should have her gender-affirming care resumed in May 2018. Hicklin was released in early 2022.