Brian Michael Smith is worried.

Though he's grateful to live and work in California, where he sees allies fighting for trans rights, he sees the direction the national conversation is going and fears how legislation in other states could impact transgender people's access to vital medications.

"My medication I've been using for 20 years is covered by my insurance," says the Queen Sugar and The L Word: Generation Q alum, who currently stars on 9-1-1: Lone Star as firefighter Paul Strickland. "What happens if people respond the way that Walgreens responded with Plan B, where they said, 'We're just not going to cover this. We're not going to carry it.' I feel very destabilized, and it's really heartbreaking to see."