Dear Community,

As we know you're aware, our community faces countless obstacles to obtaining the healthcare we need. We currently have a tiered system where some trans people with some insurances receive one level of care, while low income trans Marylanders on Medicaid are denied countless gender affirming and life saving procedures. This is grossly inequitable and harmful, and takes an immeasurably damaging toll on us all.

We have a broad coalition of organizations, medical professionals, and individuals working together on the campaign to push for comprehensive healthcare for trans people in Maryland, without any exemptions or exclusions. We cannot continue to be forced into choosing our safety and wellbeing over our physical and mental healthcare needs.

Let's be agents of change together!

What Steps Can I Take?

1. Find out who your State Senator and Maryland Delegates are, go here.
   
   

2. Call or email the members of the Finance Committee in the State Senate: Chair Dolores G. Kelley, Vice Chair Brian J. Feldman, Senator Malcolm Augustine, Senator Pamela Beidle, Senator Joanne C. Benson, Senator Antonio Hayes, Senator Stephen S Hershey Jr, Senator J.B. Jennings, Senator Katherine Klausmeier, Senator Benjamin F. Kramer, Senator Justin Ready
   
   

3. Call or email the members of the Health and Government Operations Committee in the State House: Chair Shane E. Pendergrass, Vice Chair Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk, Delegate Heather Bagnall, Delegate Lisa Belcastro, Delegate Harry Bhandari, Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., Delegate Brian Chisholm, Delegate Bonnie Cullison, Delegate Terri L. Hill Delegate Steve Johnson, Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, Delegate Ariana B. Kelly, Delegate Kenneth Kerr, Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, Delegate Susan W. Krebs, Delegate Cheryl Summers Landis, Delegate Robbyn Lewis, Delegate Matthew Morgan, Delegate Teresa E. Reilly, Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, Delegate Sid Saab, Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes, Delegate Kathy Szeliga, and Delegate Karen Lewis Young.

   
   

4. In your call or email, share that you Support SB 682/HB 746 and ask them for their Support for SB 682/HB 746. Sample email/script below:

   “Hello Senator/Delegate [SENATOR’S’/DELEGATE’S NAME],

   I am writing/calling you today to share that I support SB 682/HB 746 and the ability for low-income trans Marylanders to access gender affirming care through our Maryland Medicaid plans. I would like to ask for you to provide a favorable report for SB 682/HB 746.

   Thank you!

   {YOUR NAME}

   
   

5. Ask at least 3 friends living in Maryland to also call/email their State Senators and Maryland Delegates!

Sign Up to Get More Involved

Thank you everyone for emailing or calling your State Senator and House Delegates to say you support SB 682/HB 746, especially if they are on the Finance Committee and the Health and Government Operations Committee. After you do so, please tweet that you’ve done so to encourage others to join in! Tag us @TransMaryland

You can also fill out the form below to share your story and get more actively involved. Trans folks on Medicaid to the front!