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FreeState Justice Executive Director Mark Procopio shares why the fight for LGBTQ justice in Maryland isn’t over.  His OpEd can be found here. ....Read More

This morning Donald Trump launched a full-fledged attack on the transgender service members who seek to dutifully serve our nation. Claiming “tremendous medical costs and disruption,”  President Trump called for a ban on transgender people from “serving...

Baltimore, MD – July 4, 2017 – On this Fourth of July, FreeState Justice celebrates freedom.  Alex and Marvin (pictured above) were recently granted asylum by the Department of Homeland Security. Alex and Marvin, immigrated to...

Today, FreeState Justice celebrates the life of Charles Byrd Blackburn, a tireless worker for equality in Maryland, who passed away last week. He is survived by his husband Glen Dehn. Former Equality Maryland Executive Director Dan...

FreeState Justice, a social justice organization focused on serving the LGBTQ community in Maryland formed by the merger of Equality Maryland and FreeState Legal, has released its first Strategic Plan as a newly merged organization. This...

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 –...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Jer Welter, Esq. Email: jwelter@freestate-justice.org Office: 410-625-5428 x13 / Cell: 410-657-2485 Baltimore, Maryland – July 19, 2016 – Today, in a case that impacts transgender students across Maryland, FreeState Justice attorneys filed...

You can also download and print a PDF version of this factsheet. What is Conover v. Conover about? In 2009, Michael Conover, a transgender man, and his partner decided to have a child together. Michael’s partner...

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...

On June 30, 2016, at our event “Achieving Lived Equality,” FreeState Legal and Equality Maryland announced that we have joined to form a new organization: FreeState Justice. Watch the video announcement above!  We also unveiled the...