Garden State Equality

Other measures — to expand anti-discrimination hiring practices, and to put such protections in place for contracting — passed unanimously.

Hundreds rally in Montclair to support LGBTQ+ equalities in New Jersey. Garden State Equality states on their website they're "working to ban the gay and trans panic defense, reform HIV criminalization laws, secure statewide funding for homeless LGBTQ youth, and pass a bill of rights for LGBTQ older adults...

The story of 50 years of love for Jan Moore and Emily Sonnessa, "Love Wins," will screen on Saturday, June 15, 3 p.m., at UUCM, followed by a Q&A.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news New Jersey schools are now required to teach the contributions of LGBTQ people in history as part of their curriculum. Senator Teresa Ruiz, one of the sponsors of the law, said it is important to teach diversity as a strength because perceptions are shaped in childhood...