Supporting Our Trans Neighbors
On Saturday, April 24, diners at a restaurant in Smithville had their meal interrupted by a woman making loud, extensive transphobic remarks about another customer. The incident ended with the …
Garden State Equality, TLDEF Secure Removal of Name Change Publication Requirement from New Jersey Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has amended Rule 4:72 entitled, “Name Change Applications – Elimination of the Requirement of Newspaper Publication,” to abolish the requirements that people who obtain …
Help Build a Monument to Marsha P. Johnson in Her Hometown
Marsha P. Johnson was a pioneer of the Stonewall uprising, a drag queen, an Andy Warhol model, an actress, a revolutionary trans activist, and a native of Elizabeth, New Jersey. …
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Garden State Equality Action Fund Announces 2020 Endorsements
In an election as consequential as this year’s, who we vote for matters more than ever. Today, the Garden State Equality Action Fund is proud to announce endorsements of 15 …
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Murphy Appoints LGBT Person to Cabinet!
SUE FULTON BECOMES FIRST HIGH LEVEL GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT OF AN LGBT PERSON BY THE MURPHY ADMINISTRATION NEWARK – The Murphy administration has nominated Brenda S. “Sue” Fulton to serve as …
Why New Jersey needs a birth certificate bill that works for everyone
January 16, 2018 Dear New Jersey Legislators, On behalf of Garden State Equality, New Jersey’s largest LGBT advocacy organization; the National Center for Transgender Equality, the nation’s leading social justice …
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GARDEN STATE EQUALITY DECLARES ENDORSEMENT FOR MAYOR STEVEN FULOP IN JERSEY CITY 2017 MAYORAL RACE
JERSEY CITY – Garden State Equality (GSE)” New Jersey’s largest LGBT organization proudly announces its endorsement for Mayor Steven Fulop in Jersey City’s 2017 mayoral election. GSE’s decision is based …
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset and Garden State Equality host a LGBT Healthcare Conference
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset” a member of RWJBarnabas Health and Garden State Equality will host New Jersey’s first Healthcare Conference for the LGBT Community on Friday Oct. 6 …
BREAKING: Christie Signs Health Insurance Bill
Wow. Today is a great day for equality! We just learned that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed a second piece of important legislation — this one mandating that …
New Law for NJ Families!
Garden State Equality is proud to announce that legislation – sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg and Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt – that would expand New Jersey”s infertility coverage laws …