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  LGBTQ+ Youth Resource Guide for Maryland

  FreeState is proud to share the release of its 2015 LGBTQ+ Youth Resource Guide for Maryland! For more information, click here....Read More

  January 12, 2015 2475 0
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  Maryland Department of Human Resources Announces New Protections for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: M. Saida Agostini Email: sagostini@freestate-justice.org Office: 410-625-5428 / Cell: 301.529.2340   Maryland Department of Human Resources Announces New Protections for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care Baltimore, Maryland – August 4, 2016 –...

  August 4, 2016 802 0
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  FreeState Justice Files Federal Suit Seeking Equal Access to School Locker Rooms for Transgender Boy

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Jer Welter, Esq. Email: jwelter@freestate-justice.org Office: 410-625-5428 x13 / Cell: 410-657-2485 Baltimore, Maryland – July 19, 2016 – Today, in a case that impacts transgender students across Maryland, FreeState Justice attorneys filed...

  July 19, 2016 895 0
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  Factsheet: The Conover case and de facto parenthood.

  You can also download and print a PDF version of this factsheet. What is Conover v. Conover about? In 2009, Michael Conover, a transgender man, and his partner decided to have a child together. Michael’s partner...

  July 14, 2016 488 0
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  Conover v. Conover

  Pictured: FreeState Justice client Michael Conover, holding his son, Jaxon. UPDATE (July 2016): VICTORY.  On July 7, 2016, Maryland’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, ruled in favor of our client, Michael Conover, holding unanimously that the parent-child...

  July 7, 2016 7963 0
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  Announcing: FreeState Justice

  On June 30, 2016, at our event “Achieving Lived Equality,” FreeState Legal and Equality Maryland announced that we have joined to form a new organization: FreeState Justice. Watch the video announcement above!  We also unveiled the...

  July 1, 2016 242 0
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  Solidarity With Orlando

  Baltimore, MD – June 12, 2016 – We are shocked and saddened to hear of the mass killing of LGBTQ patrons at a night club in Orlando this morning. Our hearts go out to all those affected...

  June 12, 2016 577 0
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  Achieving Lived Equality

  FreeState Legal and Equality Maryland are excited to announce that we are merging to better serve the LGBTQ population across Maryland by forming a comprehensive, statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization that combines policy advocacy, direct legal services,...

  May 16, 2016 3235 0