FreeState Legal Project is a legal advocacy organization that seeks to improve the lives of low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (“LGBTQ+) Marylanders. Despite recent, incremental judicial victories for the national LGBTQ+ community, the low-income LGBTQ+ population continues to struggle with legal challenges such harassment, complex family law issues, and anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in employment, housing, foster care, healthcare and public accommodations. In addition to needing attorneys with specific knowledge of how the law affects LGBTQ+ citizens, LGBTQ+ clients need attorneys who will treat them with respect and understanding. FreeState’s mission is to combine direct legal services with education and outreach to ensure that the low-income LGBTQ+ community Maryland receives fair treatment in the law and society. FreeState was founded in 2007 by a group of attorneys and law students who recognized that the specific needs of the low-income LGBTQ+ population were not being effectively met. To date, FreeState is one of only a few direct service LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations in the United States. FreeState began accepting cases in 2008 and began building a network of pro bono attorneys who volunteer their time to assist clients. Since 2008, FreeState has been expanding the ways in which it promotes justice for the low-income LGBTQ+ community Maryland. FreeState (1) provides direct legal services to low-income LGBTQ+ clients through its in-house counsel and pro bono attorney network; (2) works towards systemic law and policy changes through governmental advocacy; (3) conducts outreach activities designed to promote self-advocacy within the LGBTQ+ community, particularly among LGBTQ+ teens; (4) provides educational training to Maryland lawyers and judges about LGBTQ+ legal needs; and (5) offers professional development to reduce bullying of LGBTQ+ youth in schools, foster care and juvenile justice facilities.