Advocacy
Transhealth Fights Back
Transhealth advocates for state and federal laws and policies to transform healthcare and improve the lives of the trans and gender-diverse community. Since our founding in 2021, we have fought for dozens of bills and policies to protect rights and increase healthcare access. We’ve provided testimony, signed on to letters of support, written opinion pieces, built coalitions, and worked with decision-makers to make an impact and create change.
Recent Campaigns
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In April, 2025 Transhealth submitted oral and written testimony to the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity in support of H.86 An Act to protect location privacy and S.197 An Act to protect safety and privacy by stopping the sale of location data. These bills would prohibit the sale of location data which can be used to surveil people, including those seeking and providing gender-affirming care.
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Transhealth was proud to be a part of TRANSform the VOTE, a project of Advocates for Transgender Equality (A4TE) aimed at educating and energizing transgender and gender-diverse people and allies to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
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A new Massachusetts state law will allow people to choose a non-binary gender option for vital records, including birth and death certificates and marriage licenses, as well as a variety of state documents. Transhealth is proud of the role we played in advocating for this change.
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Signed into law in 2024, the Massachusetts Parentage Act updates state parentage law and protects LGBTQ families. Transhealth was proud to have advocated for this crucial legislation as a member of the Massachusetts Parentage Act Coalition.
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Transhealth worked for a change in the Massachusetts State Plumbing Code to permit all-gender multi-user bathrooms in public facilities without individual applications for special permission (or variances).
