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  FreeState Celebrates Asylum Victory for Our Clients Alex and Marvin

  Baltimore, MD – July 4, 2017 – On this Fourth of July, FreeState Justice celebrates freedom.  Alex and Marvin (pictured above) were recently granted asylum by the Department of Homeland Security. Alex and Marvin, immigrated to...

  July 3, 2017 138 0
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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 3271 0
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  FreeState Justice Celebrates Charles Byrd Blackburn

  Today, FreeState Justice celebrates the life of Charles Byrd Blackburn, a tireless worker for equality in Maryland, who passed away last week. He is survived by his husband Glen Dehn. Former Equality Maryland Executive Director Dan...

  June 8, 2017 177 0
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  FreeState Justice Releases Strategic Plan

  FreeState Justice, a social justice organization focused on serving the LGBTQ community in Maryland formed by the merger of Equality Maryland and FreeState Legal, has released its first Strategic Plan as a newly merged organization. This...

  December 29, 2016 696 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 1870 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 1662 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 1465 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 9621 0