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FreeState Legal Project is proud to honor The Frederick Center as our Community Icon of the Week! Launched in 2012, The Frederick Center is committed to being the leading organization for LGBTQ resources and advocacy in...

The Black Lives Matter Movement has engaged much of America in a necessary dialogue about intersections of lethality and race; however the stories of Black LGBTQ folks have been pushed to the side, and mainly ignored...

Equality Maryland, FreeState Legal Project, The Center For Black Equity Baltimore, and GLSEN Baltimore are proud to host a free screening of Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin in honor of Black History Month. Following the film will be...

Update (Jan. 8, 2015): We are postponing the Will Power Party (date to be determined) to allow more folks the ability to participate. If you’re interested in receiving free estate planning, please contact us to schedule...

  FreeState is proud to announce its partnership with the Baltimore Center for Black Equity. This strategic partnership will engage Black LGBTQ community members, and expand awareness of critical resources within Maryland for LGBTQ populations. The...

The Youth Equality Alliance (YEA), a statewide coalition of various service providers, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and individual advocates that seeks to identify policy and regulatory solutions to problems faced by LGBTQ youth in Maryland education,...

We are proud to announce the Story of My Name Project. This is an exciting opportunity  to document the individual experiences of Maryland based transgender and gender non conforming folks who have gone through the name change process....

  To mark the release of a report by the Youth Equality Alliance (YEA) on the challenges LGBTQ youth  face in Maryland education, foster care, and juvenile justice systems, a press conference will be held 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday,...

FreeState Legal Project is proud to celebrate the important work of Sarah Avery. An educator and trainer for the Baltimore City Police Department, Sarah has been a leading force in developing LGBTQ sensitivity training curricula for police...

Dear Friends of FreeState Legal: Several years ago Aaron Merki helped found the FreeState Legal Project, and two years ago he agreed to serve as Executive Director in order to get FreeState off the ground. This...