FreeState Justice is looking for new talent! If you are interested in supporting our efforts to improve the lives of LGBTQIA+ Marylanders, please consider volunteering to join one of our committees. FreeState Justice advocates for LGBTQIA+ equity...

Please join us virtually for the FreeState Justice annual Jazz Brunch! FreeState Justice is Maryland’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual/ally (LGBTQIA+) social justice organization working to advance equity and justice for our community. We...

On Monday, June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in June Medical Services LLC v. Gee, striking down a Louisiana law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby...

On Monday, June 15, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, based on multiple cases around LGBTQ protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that companies don’t have the right to...

On Friday June 12, 2020, the United States Department of Health and Human Services released long-expected regulations eliminating existing protections for transgender individuals accessing healthcare or using health insurance. The announcement came in the middle of...

FreeState Justice, Maryland’s LGBTQ advocacy organization, has hired its next Executive Director, Jeremy LaMaster (full biography on our staff page). Jeremy’s career has focused on translating feminist and anti-racist theory into practice by incorporating social justice...

  NOTE: FreeState Justice signed onto this statement, initiated and coordinated by leaders from Equality Florida, the Human Rights Campaign, and more – and signed by dozens of LGBTQ leaders (see below). “If you are neutral...

Join us on Tuesday, June 9th, 2PM-3:30PM for a live webinar training on Name Change and Gender Identity Petitions in partnership with the Maryland Pro Bono Resource Center. You can register for this webinar at: probonomd.org/name-change...Read More

Over the past three years, FreeState Justice has grown dramatically. We have recently undergone some role transitions and have had new members join our team. We are excited to once again have the full staff capacity...

Due to the public health crisis, the 2020 legislative session closed early and will tentatively reconvene in May. The abbreviated session meant that several of the bills we saw great momentum on did not make it...