LGBTQ+ Health
LGBTQ+ youth deserve to access care that affirms their gender and sexuality, and promotes their mental and physical health and wellbeing. The Maine AAP is committed to supporting policies that expand access to confidential gender-affirming care, protect the rights of LGBTQ+ students, and prevent gender and sexuality based discrimination.
Check out the LGBTQ+ youth-related legislation we’re working on below, and see how you can advocate for the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth in Maine.
Current Legislation
All tracked legislation →Sponsor: Senator David Haggan | Current Status: DEAD | View Bill
Sponsor: Rep. Elizabeth Caruso | Current Status: DEAD | View Bill
Sponsor: Rep. Katrina Smith | Current Status: DEAD | View Bill
This bill prohibits a school administrative unit from adopting a policy that permits a student to use a school restroom according to the student's gender identity if that restroom is designated for use by a sex that does not correspond to the student's sex assigned at birth. The bill also directs the Department of Education to update its rules consistent with this legislation.
Sponsor: Rep. Ambureen Rana | Current Status: Signed by the Governor | View Bill
This bill provides that sexual orientation and gender identity data required to be collected by a health care facility is limited to an individual who is 18 years of age or older and that this data is collected when other demographic information is collected from such an individual. It removes language that describes the data required to be collected.