LGBTQ

Jack Ciattarelli says NJ's LBGTQ school curriculum goes "too far."

The Union County town of Plainfield is the first to break ground on an LGBTQ inclusive park space set to open this fall.

The state Attorney General offered a formal apology Tuesday for decades of systemic targeting of establishments that welcomed LGBTQ patrons, up to a landmark court ruling.

"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.