LGBTQ

Fairlawn mayor prepares for protests at Sunday's LGBTQ block party

Drag queen story hours have been polarizing in New Jersey for a few years — even before the anti-LGBTQ "Libs of TikTok" account made it a mission to bash them.

Jersey Pride describes the parade, rally, and festival as "the largest, and oldest" pride celebration in New Jersey, with a usual pre-pandemic attendance of more than 20,000 people.

Now as Pride Month begins almost every window on the front of Passaic Preparatory Academy is covered in rainbows.

Amended rules adopted by the Passaic Board of Ed limit flags outside public schools to the American flag and the state flag.

An anti-hate program that officials hope to see expanded statewide is now up and running in select spots throughout Monmouth County.

As a whole, towns and cities in New Jersey are doing a better job supporting and serving LGBTQ+ people than municipalities in other states, according to the 10th edition of an annual assessment.

Morris County on Saturday will host its first National Coming Out Day event.

The decision to shift from this October to next June was made by organizers citing the spread of the Delta variant and a "non-trivial" percentage of the population refusing COVID vaccines.

More than 300 staffers across 66 New Jersey organizations providing direct social services in the area of homelessness prevention have received the training so far.