LGBTQ

"During the last four years, with an administration in The White House chipping away at LGBTQ equality, we have seen firsthand how important state and local laws are," said Christian Fuscarino, executive director of Garden State Equality.

The case of Ashley Moore also has prompted an LGBTQ hotline and a new option for gender ID boxes on Newark police reports.

It is New Jersey's first facility dedicated to providing full, complete, and specific services to the transgender community, services largely unmet to this point.

Between World War II and the repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' in 2011, an estimated 100,000 American service members were discharged because of their sexuality.

LGBTQ curriculum is included in the measure's religious or moral grounds for pulling kids out of class or getting school vouchers.

He has been outspoken on the issue from the moment it was introduced.

A growing number of New Jersey's leading companies and law firms are stepping up their policies and practices to meet the needs of their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer workers, according to an annual report from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the measure, saying it promotes “full equality for all our residents.”

The law is about recognizing LGBTQ achievements across existing classes, according to a group helping shape sample lessons.

The lessons will be mandatory in New Jersey middle and high schools in the 2020-2021 school year.