内容摘要："Trans people were wholly excluded from this court case," said Dr McCloud. "I applied to be heard. Two of us did. We were refused.

"Trans people were wholly excluded from this court case," said Dr McCloud. "I applied to be heard. Two of us did. We were refused.

"He looked slightly overwhelmed, but in a rather lovely way and he was just touched by people, thanking him and greeting him, people he's known personally for such a long time."when she was seconded to the Vatican during his papacy.

Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming that its freezing of federal grants worth billions of dollars is unlawful.Its president, Alan M Garber, announced the action on Monday in a letter to the university community which said the $2bn funding freeze would hamper critical disease research.Harvard, the world's richest university, last week rejected a list of demands that the Trump administration said was designed to curb diversity initiatives and fight anti-semitism at the school.

In response to the lawsuit, the White House said the "gravy train of federal assistance" was coming to an end.Funding cuts have also been implemented at other elite universities, and a new government anti-semitism task force has identified at least 60 universities for review.

President Donald Trump has accused universities of failing to protect Jewish students during last year's campus protests against the war in Gaza and US support for Israel.

In Monday's letter, Mr Garber said: "The consequences of the government's overreach will be severe and long-lasting."Not long after Harvard refused to agree to the White House's sweeping list of demands - which included directions on how to govern, hire and teach - the Trump administration froze $2.2bn (£1.7bn) of federal funds to the institution.

"Everyone knows that Harvard has 'lost its way,'" Donald Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday morning. "Harvard is a JOKE, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should no longer receive Federal Funds."Many students and alumni lauded the university's decision to stand its ground, despite the consequences. Former President Barack Obama, an alumnus himself, called Trump's move "ham-handed" and praised Harvard as "an example for other higher-ed institutions".

In response to Harvard's decision to refuse the government's demands, the education department accused the university of a "troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation's most prestigious universities and colleges – that federal investment does not come with the responsibility to uphold civil rights laws".With billions in the balance, the battle for the higher ground in the case of Harvard may just be the opening salvo in a war of attrition between the federal government and higher education.