New Jersey | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:09:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png New Jersey | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Heroes of the Resistance: Lawmakers, Activists and Others Accelerating Acceptance for LGBTQ Rights https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-lawmakers-activists-and-others-accelerating-acceptance-for-lgbtq-rights/ https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-lawmakers-activists-and-others-accelerating-acceptance-for-lgbtq-rights/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:54:23 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=931640 Welcome to the latest edition of Heroes of the Resistance — GLAAD’s ongoing series highlighting positive changemakers for the LGBTQ community at a time of challenge and uncertainty. In a significant recent victory, Senate Democrats came together unanimously to halt legislation at the federal level that would have banned federally-funded schools from allowing transgender girls [...]

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For Newark LGBTQ Leaders, Linking Environmental Justice and Queer Liberation Movements is the Key to Healthy Communities – Here’s Why https://glaad.org/newark-lgbtq-leaders-linking-environmental-justice-and-queer-liberation-movements-2025/ https://glaad.org/newark-lgbtq-leaders-linking-environmental-justice-and-queer-liberation-movements-2025/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:29:09 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=930995 Newark, New Jersey LGBTQ activists are organizing to heal their city from redlining – the systematic denial of services, like mortgages, insurance, and other financial services, often based on race or ethnicity – and environmental discrimination to build a healthy, clean, and affordable place where bodily autonomy is never in question.  These local leaders understand [...]

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GOOD NEWS: LGBTQ Youth Activists in Texas Curb Censorship and New Jersey Law Protects Transgender Students from Discrimination https://glaad.org/good-news-lgbtq-youth-activists-in-texas-curb-censorship-and-new-jersey-law-protects-transgender-students-from-discrimination/ https://glaad.org/good-news-lgbtq-youth-activists-in-texas-curb-censorship-and-new-jersey-law-protects-transgender-students-from-discrimination/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:47:09 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=928974 Major legal victories break through the anti-LGBTQ fury of the current administration and anti-LGBTQ politicians against youth and teen populations across the country. In Texas, the student-led policy organization Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) championed additional temporary injunctions on a Texas law barring freedom of speech for minors. Meanwhile, New Jersey Superior Court upheld [...]

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New Jersey LGBTQ Advocates from Garden State Equality Say They’ll Continue to Pushback with Facts https://glaad.org/new-jersey-lgbtq-advocates-from-garden-state-equality-say-theyll-continue-to-pushback-with-facts/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:30:28 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=927177 LGBTQ activists in New Jersey say they’re fortunate to live in New Jersey as the new administration kicks-off its term by attacking the transgender community and diversity initiatives. Advocates at Garden State Equality say New Jersey sets a standard for legal equality that can inspire states throughout the country. As part of its education and [...]

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Post-Election, LGBTQ Leaders Across the U.S. Are Joining Together — Prepare to Meet a “New Crop of Activists” https://glaad.org/post-election-lgbtq-leaders-across-the-us-are-joining-together-prepare-to-meet-a-new-crop-of-activists/ https://glaad.org/post-election-lgbtq-leaders-across-the-us-are-joining-together-prepare-to-meet-a-new-crop-of-activists/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:01:45 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=923876 As part of its education and advocacy programming across the country, the GLAAD Media Institute, GLAAD’s training, research and consulting division, convened meetings with local leaders and community advocates throughout the nation. Attendees who complete a program or session with the GLAAD Media Institute are immediately deemed GLAAD Media Institute Alumni, who are equipped to [...]

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How New Jersey Residents Can Participate in NNJLS’s Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic https://glaad.org/how-new-jersey-residents-can-participate-in-nnjlss-name-and-gender-marker-change-clinic/ https://glaad.org/how-new-jersey-residents-can-participate-in-nnjlss-name-and-gender-marker-change-clinic/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:41:07 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=907591 Residents of New Jersey’s Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties who are in need of assistance legally changing their name and/or gender marker, are in luck! In honor of Pride Month, Northeast New Jersey Legal Services (NNJLS) and its Pro Bono Partnership Project are hosting a Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic for transgender and gender [...]

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GSAs are “life-saving” for all students: Parents, Teachers and Alumni Turn Out and Speak up for Local GSA https://glaad.org/gsas-are-life-saving-for-all-students-parents-teachers-and-alumni-turn-out-and-speak-up-for-local-gsa/ https://glaad.org/gsas-are-life-saving-for-all-students-parents-teachers-and-alumni-turn-out-and-speak-up-for-local-gsa/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:22:45 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=837261 More than 50 people turned out to support and speak up for the West Milford, NJ, high school Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) during a Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Students, educators, families, and alumni showed up to express how the club helps all students find community and safety.  A student founding member of [...]

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Garden State Equality, #GLAADinstitute alumni, host annual Equality Ball https://glaad.org/glaadinstitute-alumni-garden-state-equality-throw-annual-equality-ball/ https://glaad.org/glaadinstitute-alumni-garden-state-equality-throw-annual-equality-ball/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:21:33 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=831964 Garden State Equality (GSE), New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, held the annual Equality Ball Friday night. The event at Asbury Lanes music venue kicked off Jersey Pride weekend for the LGBTQ Jersey Shore community. With that said, there were a number of honorees at the Ball. Yet, GLAAD Media Institute alumni sparkled with vibrance. [...]

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Reporter, voiceover artist, and #GLAADinstitute alum Bernie Wagenblast tells the media her story https://glaad.org/reporter-voiceover-artist-and-glaadinstitute-alum-bernie-wagenblast-tells-media-her-story/ https://glaad.org/reporter-voiceover-artist-and-glaadinstitute-alum-bernie-wagenblast-tells-media-her-story/#respond Mon, 01 May 2023 14:40:47 +0000 https://dev-glaad.org/?p=829361 Bernie Wagenblast is a tri-state area voiceover artist, transportation journalist, and GLAAD Media Institute (GMI) alum hailing from Cranford, New Jersey. Moreover, Wagenblast has been to a couple of GMI training sessions over the years. The first one was the GLAAD Institute’s “Engagement 101 Telling Your Story: Messaging and Media Tools For Today’s Activists” on Sept. [...]

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#GLAADInstitute Alum Christian Fuscarino invites GLAAD to the Garden State Equality Headquarters https://glaad.org/glaadinstitute-alum-christian-fuscarino-invites-glaad-garden-state-equality-headquarters/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 23:23:03 +0000 https://glaad.logalt.net/blog/glaadinstitute-alum-christian-fuscarino-invites-glaad-garden-state-equality-headquarters/ The GLAAD Media Institute traveled to Asbury Park, New Jersey on Friday to present an Engagement 101 training to Garden State Equality (GSE), a statewide advocacy and education organization founded in 2004 that advocates for LGBTQ equality. Together, 12 participants learned how to fortify their advocacy goals inside and outside of their organization, while providing [...]

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