1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

The attacks on the freedom and dignity of trans people and their families continue to escalate, with politicians across the country passing laws that criminalize and ban access to the health care that serves as the foundation of our lives. The next stage of the fight for basic LGBTQ freedoms is here, and it affects everyone. The House of Representatives will soon vote on proposals that threaten 10 years in federal prison for any provider of gender-affirming medical care to transgender people under 18 and ban coverage of this lifesaving care under Medicaid. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and other extreme anti-trans members of Congress are pushing these proposals to ban access to the health care that transgender people need. While bills like these are beyond the pale, they won’t be the last. Any national ban on gender-affirming care would be devastating. You and your elected members of Congress are our last line of defense against this national threat.