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Five transgender inmates are suing Utah saying they are being denied hormone therapy.

The lawsuit claims HB252 worsens care for gender dysphoria since May.

The state denies the allegations, claims compliance with federal and state laws.

SALT LAKE CITY — Five transgender inmates at the Utah State Prison are suing the state for allegedly preventing them from receiving needed hormone therapy.

Virginia Tucker, Stephanie Dombroski, Sandy Phillips, Dakota Grunwald and Amberli K. Morrigan filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court against the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and Human Service and some of the top administrators from each department.

The state has failed to provide the inmates "with medically necessary c

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