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Needs Assessment Reveals Five Most-Pressing Issues Facing LGBTQ Marylanders February 13, 2019 Free State Justice today announced the findings of the first-ever known statewide effort to collect data on the resiliencies and needs of Maryland’s LGBTQ community...

Today, FreeState Justice announced an amicus brief effort in support of the constitutionality of a federal hate crimes conviction of a defendant who brutally assaulted his coworker because of his perception of his coworker’s sexual orientation....

FreeState Justice, ACLU Reach Settlement with Talbot County Public Schools for Max Brennan, who was Prevented from Using the Boys’ Restrooms and Locker Rooms Because He is Transgender FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2018 Contact:        ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   June 4th, 2018   Contact: Jennifer L. Kent, Managing Attorney, FreeState Justice, jkent@freestate-justice.org 410-625-5428 ext. 13. Baltimore, MD — Today, the Supreme Court affirmed a fundamental principle of American democracy: that discrimination against LGBTQ Americans...

Last year, you may have read or heard FreeState share a startling statistic: that 17 states rank ahead of Maryland according to the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) most recent objective, annual analysis of state LGBTQ policy. ...

Today, a Frederick County transgender student filed a motion to defend his school board’s policies that seek to prevent discrimination, harassment, and stigmatization of transgender and gender nonconforming students in the school system, and that seek...

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 –...