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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...

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...