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Statement from Garden State Equality Action Fund on NDAA “Yes” Votes by Reps. Sherrill and Gottheimer

Statement on the Passage of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act

Post-Election Update: Preparations for Transgender Americans

Post-Election Update: Fertility and Pregnancy for New Jersey’s LGBTQ+ Residents

Pledge for LGBTQ+ Equality, Resilience, and Support: A Call to Action in a Time of Uncertainty

A Message from Organizations Committed to Advancing LGBTQIA2S+ Freedom Beyond the 2024 Elections

Post-Election Update: How we’re protected in New Jersey.

Post-Election Update: What a Trump victory means and how we’re responding in this moment.

RECAP: PRIDE ROCKS: A Free Concert Series to Get Out the Vote, presented by Jersey Pride Inc. & Garden State Equality

Garden State Equality’s 2024 Voters for Equality Voting Resource Guide

A large group of LGBTQ+ people, allies, families, and other community members pose for a group photo underneath an inflatable rainbow arch before the Equality Walk in Montclair, New Jersey. Behind them is the historic First Congregational Church of Montclair.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Garden State Equality gears up for Equality in Motion

An open letter to the Edison Township Board of Education

An update on Senate Bill 3201, or the Communicable Diseases Penalty Upgrade Bill

RELEASE: Garden State Equality Action Fund releases 2024 Local Endorsements

RELEASE: Garden State Equality Action Fund announces 2024 Local Endorsements

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RELEASE: Garden State Equality Acquires New Statewide Headquarters

Release: Garden State Equality Action Fund releases 2024 Federal Endorsements.

RELEASE: Garden State Equality Action Fund Releases 2024 Federal Endorsements

Letter to Mayor Fulop re: Jonathan Gomez’s Sister

Garden State Equality Action Fund Endorses Kamala Harris for President

Garden State Equality Action Fund: Senate Majority Leader Ruiz Introduces New Legislative Package to Bolster Reproductive & Bodily Autonomy Rights

Garden State Equality Action Fund: Thrive New Jersey coalition applauds the introduction of the Reproductive Freedom and Health Equity Bill Package

Protecting the Freedom to Read in New Jersey

Garden State Equality Action Fund welcomes new board member Laura Bustamante

MEDIA ADVISORY: “Dreamland Pride in Asbury Park” show featuring Purple Disco Machine at Stone Pony Summer Stage to benefit Garden State Equality

MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Senator Cory Booker, N.J. First Lady Tammy Murphy to serve as co-chairs of Garden State Equality’s 20th Anniversary Honorary Host Committee

ACLU-NJ, Garden State Equality urge school districts to readopt policy to protect transgender students

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Rutgers Eagleton Poll: Majority of New Jerseyans agree educators should protect the identity of transgender students if outing them is a safety concern

Garden State Equality mourns the passing of the legendary David Mixner

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Garden State Equality Education Fund welcomes new board members Jennifer Godoski and Marc Younker

A photo of Garden State Equality team members Aleyah Lopez and John Juska, as well as J Gavin of the Hyacinth AIDS Foundation, during the 2023 World AIDS Day Summit.

Volunteering “saved me”: Celebrating Volunteer Extraordinaire John Juska on his birthday

"NJ introduces new measures making parenthood more equitable, accessible for LGBTQ+ families."

NJ introduces new measures making parenthood more equitable, accessible for LGBTQ+ families

Graphic: "Update: Announcing the Queer BIPOC Network."

“Because we need each other”: Announcing the Queer BIPOC Network

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Garden State Equality and Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ Call On State Legislature To Reject Restrictions on Internet Access

Future bright for LGBTQ+ rights in New Jersey as committed advocates for equality secure seats from school boards to the statehouse during 2023 election

History made! Assemblywoman-elect Luanne Peterpaul becomes the first openly LGBQT+ woman elected to the New Jersey Legislature.

History made as first openly LGBTQ+ woman elected to New Jersey Legislature

Newly-married couple, Lydia "Yayi" Torres and Jenelle "Gigi" Torres, walk down the steps of City Hall in Newark, NJ, just after midnight on October 21, 2013. They were among of the first same-sex couples to get legally married in New Jersey following the ruling in Garden State Equality v. Dow, which held that the state's marriage laws at the time did not treat same-sex couples equal to their opposite-sex counterparts.

Garden State Equality v. Dow Changed New Jersey Law Even Beyond LGBTQ+ Couples and Families

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Garden State Equality Action Fund 2023 Election Endorsements

Open Letter to Monmouth University Polling Institute

Newsletter: Youth Health and Wellness

2023 Pride Events Around New Jersey

December Newsletter

November Newsletter

October Newsletter

September Newsletter

August Newsletter

Join Sen. Booker and Rep. Sherrill in Advocating for More Monkeypox Vaccines!

Advocating for New Jersey to Get Our Fair Share of Monkeypox Vaccines

July Newsletter

June Newsletter

Garden State Equality Welcomes New Deputy Director Brielle Winslow-Majette

Open Letter to Gov. Murphy in Support of Acting AG Andrew Bruck

HIV decriminalized in New Jersey!

Garden State Equality and ACLU-NJ Send Letter to County Jails on Rights of Transgender People

Atlantic City Council Members: Harm Reduction Saves Lives!

NJ to Adopt Major Reforms Affirming Trans People in Prison

Steps Taken to Improve NJ Correctional System

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New Jersey School Boards Association Adopts Pro-LGBTQ+ Policy

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Garden State Equality Calls for Resignation of Transphobic Vice Principal

Supporting Our Trans Neighbors

Garden State Equality, TLDEF Secure Removal of Name Change Publication Requirement from New Jersey Supreme Court

Help Build a Monument to Marsha P. Johnson in Her Hometown

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