Andy Marra

Andy Marra (she / her / hers) is Executive Director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF). Prior to TLDEF, she spent five years leading external communications at the Arcus Foundation; managed public relations at GLSEN, a national organization focused on LGBTQ issues in K-12 education; was co-director at Nodutdol for Korean Community Development; and served as a senior media strategist at GLAAD. Andy currently serves on two boards including Freedom for All Americans and Just Detention International. Andy has been honored by the White House and the City of New York for her contributions to the LGBTQ community, profiled in The Advocate’s “Forty Under 40,” and listed as one of The Huffington Post’s “Most Compelling LGBT People.”

Project Description

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) will launch the Trans Health Project designed to ensure transgender people have full access to excellent comprehensive health coverage nationwide. The Trans Health Project will work to ensure transgender patients have access to complete information about their legal rights while working with health care providers to ensure clinical insurance policies are responsive to the medical needs of transgender people. The Trans Health Project is driven to systematically eliminate transgender health exclusions nationwide by leveraging public education, technical assistance, legal services, policy advocacy, and impact litigation.