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  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...

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...

FreeState Legal Project is proud to share another interview from the Story of My Name Project. The Story of My Name Project is a collection of stories from transgender and/or gender non-conforming individuals about the meaning...

FreeState Legal has won a groundbreaking victory in a case involving harassment and mistreatment of a transgender person who is an inmate in a Maryland prison facility. The decision in Brown v. Patuxent Institution, a prison...

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...

The Youth Equality Alliance’s hearing on the needs and experiences of LGBTQ in Maryland was a success! YEA’s testimony from subject matter experts and young people about the needs of LGBTQ youth in foster care, education,...

FreeState is proud to support Gender Conference East. Gender Conference East’s mission is to provide a safe and supportive space dedicated to the needs of children and youth across the gender spectrum, as well as their...

FreeState Legal Project is proud to share another interview from the Story of My Name Project. The Story of My Name Project is a collection of stories from transgender and/or gender non-conforming individuals about the meaning...