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A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new conditions on federal sex-education grants that would have required states to strip gender-identity references from their materials. The order, issued Oct. 28, 2025 by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken, covers PREP and SRAE funding — the federal programs used for adolescent sexual health education — and stops Health and Human Services from applying the disputed terms against the plaintiff states. ([docs.justia.com](https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/oregon/ordce/6%3A2025cv01748/189250/81?utm_source=openai))

The ruling came in a multistate lawsuit led by Oregon and joined by other states and the District of Columbia. In her preliminary injunction, Aiken barred HHS from imposing or enforcing the agency’s “gender conditions,” including any requirement that states remove “gender ideology” or gender-identity references from PREP or SRAE curricula. The court also blocked the agency from withholding or delaying funds on that basis. ([docs.justia.com](https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/oregon/ordce/6%3A2025cv01748/189250/81?utm_source=openai))

The fight started after HHS sent states a request in April 2025 seeking materials tied to the grants and later added new conditions in August. The states argued those terms were retroactive, unsupported by clear notice and inconsistent with the underlying grant programs. Aiken’s order agreed enough to justify emergency relief while the case moves forward. ([docs.justia.com](https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/oregon/ordce/6%3A2025cv01748/189250/81?utm_source=openai))

This is narrower than a broader schools-curriculum battle. The decision does not resolve every dispute over transgender policy in education, and it does not decide the merits of all future grant conditions. It does, for now, stop HHS from using these particular sex-ed grants to force the plaintiff states to rewrite their program materials around gender identity. ([docs.justia.com](https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/oregon/ordce/6%3A2025cv01748/189250/81?utm_source=openai))