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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...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Press Contact:   Saida Agostini Email:                    sagostini@FreeStateLegal.org Phone:                 410-625-5428 x14   Equality Maryland and FreeState Legal Announce Additional Listening Sessions and Launch of Online Survey   Baltimore, MD – April 20, 2016...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact:      Saida Agostini Email:                    sagostini@FreeStateLegal.org Phone:                   410-625-5428 x14   The Frederick Center Inc. and FreeState Legal/Equality Maryland to Host LGBTQ Conference...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Press Contact:     Saida Agostini Email:                    sagostini@FreeStateLegal.org Phone:                  410-625-5428 x14   Equality Maryland and FreeState Legal Announce Series of Statewide Listening Sessions  ...

Let’s explore the role spirituality plays in igniting passion for liberation. Join us for an important conversation on how spirituality can be a source of healing for Black LGBTQ folks. Panelists include:  Richael Faithful, folk healer, conjurer and...

Pictured: Transgender flag FreeState Legal, Maryland’s civil legal aid organization for the low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community, announces two separate expansions of access to health care coverage for the transgender community. CareFirst, the...

FreeState Legal client, Ken Jiretsu (left) with FreeState Legal Staff Attorney Rebecca Earlbeck at the Maryland Division of Vital Records in Baltimore on October 1, 2015 Baltimore – October 1, 2015 – This morning at the Maryland...

The SpeakFire! Panel Series is proud to announce Rising to Liberation in the Black LGBTQ Community, the coalition’s 2015 to 2016 panel series exploring and celebrating how the Black LGBTQ community in Baltimore defines and works towards freedom...

Baltimore, MD – September 8, 2015. The Youth Equality Alliance (YEA), a statewide coalition of service providers, nonprofits, government agencies, and individuals advocating for LGBTQ youth in Maryland, is hosting a hearing tomorrow for Maryland’s Joint...

Baltimore, August 13, 2015 – Maryland advocates in the areas of family law and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights welcomed a formal opinion of the state’s Attorney General, Brian E. Frosh, which concludes that...