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The Office of Governor Wes Moore

Protecting LGBTQIA+ Rights

How Governor Moore is protecting LGBTQIA+ rights:

  • Expanding critical health care to LGBTQIA+ Marylanders.

  • Protecting LGBTQIA+ Marylanders.

  • Uplifting the LGBTQIA+ community.

  • Creating a diverse and talented government.

Expanding Critical Health Care To LGBTQIA+ Marylanders

Signed the Trans Health Equity Act into law, expanding Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care and procedures, signed an executive order protecting those seeking, receiving, or providing gender affirming care in Maryland–making Maryland a leader in providing a safe haven for LGBTQIA+ people to receive the care they need, launched the first-in-the-nation “Trevor Train the Trainer Pilot” program to reduce suicides among LGBTQIA+ youth, who attempt suicide at much higher rates than their heterosexual peers, expanded contraceptive access and broader family planning services to offer services in all 24 local jurisdiction, and signed a bill into law that decriminalized HIV in Maryland, making Maryland just the 5th state in the nation to end the criminalization of people living with HIV.

Protecting LGBTQIA+ Marylanders

Doubled funding for hate crime protection, which includes support for community centers that support LGBTQIA+ Marylanders, stood up a Trans Military Working Group to protect trans servicemembers in Maryland in the wake of threats against those that put their lives on the line to fight for our country, Signed the Freedom to Read Act into law in 2024 making it harder for groups to ban LGBTQIA+ books in schools, and provided statewide standard practices for young people who identify as LGBTQIA+ in out-of-home placements.

Uplifting The LGBTQIA+ Community

Proclaimed Transgender Day of Visibility and displayed the trans pride flag within the State House for the first time in Maryland history during Governor Moore’s first year in office, proclaimed June as Pride Month to recognize the contributions, resilience, courage, and joy of LGBTQIA+ Marylanders, recognized Transgender Day of Remembrance to honor the memory of transgender Marylanders who lost their lives in acts of anti-transgender violence and as a reminder to continue to fight for justice. Under Governor Moore’s leadership, the University of Maryland was ranked the top college for LGBTQIA+ students in the nation.