Maryland
Md. Trans Health Equity Act takes effect
State Medicaid program required to cover gender-affirming treatments
A law that requires Maryland’s Medicaid program to cover gender-affirming treatments took effect Jan. 1.
Democratic Gov. Wes Moore on May 3, 2023, signed the Trans Health Equity Act.
The Maryland Medicaid Administration’s website notes the law covers the following:
- Hormone therapy and lab testing
- Voice surgery, therapy and lessons
- Hair removal and transplantsĀ
- Fertility preservation services
- āFacial surgeryĀ
- Top surgery
- Gender affirming surgery
- Preventative care after transition
- RevisionĀ or reversal ofĀ prior gender-affirming procedures
“Maryland Medicaid covers medically needed care that upholds the safety, dignity and respect of transgender and gender expansive people,” says the Maryland Medicaid Administration.
Maryland
Hate crime charges dropped against most Salisbury students in off-campus attack
Suspects allegedly used Grindr to target victim
BY MIKE HELLGRIN, CHRISTIAN OLANIRAN, AND ELLIE WOLFE | Prosecutors in Wicomico County are dropping felony assault and hate crime charges against at least 12 of the 15 Salisbury University students charged in an off-campus attack in October.
Misdemeanor false imprisonment and second-degree assault charges remain for most of the defendants, and many trials are set for late January.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Bannerās website.
Maryland
Man sentenced for raping trans woman at gunpoint in Baltimore County, filming sexual assault
Jalen Green, 23, pleaded guilty to Feb. 11 attack
BY DYLAN SEGELBAUM | A man who forced his way into a home in Baltimore County, raped at gunpoint a transgender woman and filmed the sexual assault was ordered Wednesday to serve 10 years in prison.
Baltimore County Circuit Judge Nancy M. Purpura described the crime that Jalen Green committed as an āabsolutely brutal offense.ā
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
Maryland
At Salisbury University, an alleged hate crime shakes LGBTQ studentsā sense of safety
Authorities have charged 12 men in connection with attack
BY ELLIE WOLFE | Gigi Levin said she wasnāt particularly shocked when she heard a group of her classmates had been accused of luring a gay man to an apartment and attacking him.
āThis is a problem rooted in our campus culture,ā said Levin, a 24-year-old Salisbury University student from Montgomery County. āThe administration can help, but ultimately we are responsible for our safety as LGBTQ+ students.ā
Levin was one of the first to arrive at a vigil on Monday afternoon, planned by an LGBTQ faculty group after University President Carolyn Ringer Lepre announced inĀ an email to the campus last week that several students been arrested.Ā The Salisbury Police Department chargedĀ 12 men, all students between 18 and 21,Ā with first-degree assault, false imprisonment, reckless endangerment and associated hate crimes.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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