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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...

Baltimore, MD – June 12, 2016 – We are shocked and saddened to hear of the mass killing of LGBTQ patrons at a night club in Orlando this morning. Our hearts go out to all those affected...

FreeState Legal and Equality Maryland are excited to announce that we are merging to better serve the LGBTQ population across Maryland by forming a comprehensive, statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization that combines policy advocacy, direct legal services,...

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: Patrick A. Paschall Email: ppaschall@FreeStateLegal.org Office: 410-625-5428 x11 Cell: 409-771-6763 Baltimore, MD – February 9, 2016 – FreeState Legal and Equality Maryland have learned that the Maryland Insurance Administration has recently...

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Press Contact:   Patrick A. Paschall Email:                    ppaschall@FreeStateLegal.org Office:                  410-625-5428 x11 Cell:                       409-771-6763   Equality Maryland and FreeState Legal Join Forces To Better Serve LGBTQ Marylanders   Baltimore, MD – January...