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The Maryland General Assembly passed today, by wide margins, two bills that will improve the lives of LGBTQ people and families throughout the state. SB 743 / HB 862 eliminates prohibitive barriers that currently prevent many...

We are excited to honor Rowan Powell, an LGBTQ youth advocate and activist. Rowan’s work for YOUTH MOVE, a national organization dedicated  to uniting youth to advocate for change in government systems, has included starting two LGBTQ...

FreeState Legal, Maryland’s legal advocacy organization for the low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, has named Patrick Paschall as its next Executive Director. Beginning March 30, Paschall will take the helm of a...

FreeState is proud to celebrate Community Icon, Shane Henise! A passionate activist, researcher and advocate for the transgender community, Shane has dedicated his life to creating social change. As an undergraduate student at Towson University, he is...

FreeState Legal Project is incredibly proud to honor the Baltimore Chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) for their incredible work in building safe schools for ALL students, regardless of sexual orientation, gender...

Last Thursday, FreeState Legal and Equality Maryland criticized Gov. Hogan’s actions, in the first hours of his administration, to pull from publication an amendment that would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories to Maryland’s regulation...

FreeState is proud to celebrate the incredible work of STAR TRACK (Special Teens At-Risk Together Reaching Access, Care, & Knowledge), an organization that has been active in serving LGBTQ youth and young adults in Baltimore since...

In his first 24 hours in office, new Maryland Governor Larry Hogan took two actions that are disappointing for LGBTQ Marylanders: withdrawing a proposed nondiscrimination regulation for the state Medicaid program, and issuing an executive order...

FreeState is proud to share the release of its 2015 LGBTQ+ Youth Resource Guide for Maryland! For more information, click here....Read More

FreeState is proud to celebrate Jean-Michel Brevelle! Jean-Michel Brevelle has been an activist fighting for the rights of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV for over 30 years. As an out and visible, gay-identified, transgender...