NJ lawmaker proposes religious exemptions for school lessons
LGBTQ curriculum is included in the measure's religious or moral grounds for pulling kids out of class or getting school vouchers.
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NJ’s ban on conversion therapy challenged by religious lawsuit
New Jersey has banned the practice for years, but a lawsuit has been filed to overturn the ban.
Anti-LGBTQ bullying a daily problem in NJ schools, survey shows
In the survey, many respondents also reported discriminatory policies or practices at their school.
NJ’s transgender high school athletes no longer need proof
"Our experience has been that students don't make this up. No one's trying to game the system," NJSIAA Attorney Steve Goodell told New Jersey 101.5. "We take them at their word."
Man who pepper-sprayed Asbury Park LGBT activist won’t be charged with hate crime
The 22-year-old Scotch Plains man charged with aggravated assault after using pepper spray on an LGBT volunteer says he was defending himself and denies that he is a white supremacist.
Asbury Park LGBT Equality Office Attacked
The Garden State Equality official Facebook page has confirmed that one of it’s Asbury Park offices have been attacked earlier yesterday leaving a glass door cracked.
The Executive Director of Garden State Equality, Christian Fuscarino, posted to his Facebook page: “Hate is very much alive in this country, even in Asbury Park...