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National Coming Out Day: NJ LGBTQ community to 'celebrate who we are'

National Coming Out Day: NJ LGBTQ community to 'celebrate who we are' | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In time for National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, members of NJ's LGBTQ community and allies will gather to celebrate Pride in Asbury Park and beyond.

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NJ LGBTQ artists reflect on a year of crisis and what comes next

NJ LGBTQ artists reflect on a year of crisis and what comes next | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Artforms including painting, music, drag and film were shaped by 2020's year of national crisis. What comes next for NJ's LGBTQ arts community?

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Jersey City, Hoboken, and Princeton receive 100% rating in HRC Equality Index

Jersey City, Hoboken, and Princeton receive 100% rating in HRC Equality Index | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Twelve New jersey towns have high marks in the latest LGBTQ city index ratings. Jersey City made 100% rating for the eighth consecutive year

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Trolls tried to ruin virtual LGBTQ event. Organizers say their safe spaces can’t be broken

Trolls tried to ruin virtual LGBTQ event. Organizers say their safe spaces can’t be broken | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The event was for Black and brown LGBTQ youth, who research suggests have a harder time being accepted and affirmed.

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NJ theater invites witnesses to ‘Execution of Justice’

NJ theater invites witnesses to ‘Execution of Justice’ | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

All 58 roles have been cast, but “understudies” still are welcomed to apply. Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center, in collaboration with the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, will host a free virtual community reading of McCarter artistic director and resident playwright Emily Mann’s 1985 docudrama “Execution of Justice” 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 22. The ensemble play, which premiered o

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NJ LGBT Chamber to host Access to Capital event in Jersey City

NJ LGBT Chamber to host Access to Capital event in Jersey City | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The Business Owner Access to Capital event will help owners identify their company’s financial status, its future financial needs, and what financing options are available to them.

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Parade, festival and after party to wrap up LGBT Pride Month in Jersey City

Parade, festival and after party to wrap up LGBT Pride Month in Jersey City | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The weekend kicks off on Friday night with Offline Pride, presented by Nimbus Dance Works and the Jersey City Pride Festival.

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Taking pride Month of LGBT events will expand countywide

Taking pride Month of LGBT events will expand countywide | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Taking pride Month of LGBT events will expand countywide - The 18th Annual Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival will offer a variety of events during the month of August not just downtown as in the past but throughout the city as well as Bayonne and Hoboken.

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Assemblyman Reed Gusciora becomes Trenton’s first openly gay mayor in historic win

Assemblyman Reed Gusciora becomes Trenton’s first openly gay mayor in historic win | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Several years ago, Trenton earned the dubious distinction of being the least gay-friendly city in New Jersey.

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Hudson Pride Center partners with CarePoint to expand Jersey City LGBT health services

Hudson Pride Center partners with CarePoint to expand Jersey City LGBT health services | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
LGBT sensitivity and cultural competency training will be stressed Representatives from CarePoint Health and the Hudson Pride Center announced a partnership to expand services in the Jersey City LGBT health community at Christ Hospital in Hudson County. Jersey City is one of the most diverse cities in the nation according to several surveys. It also has …

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NBHS to tackle LGBTQ+ issues at 2018 Trans Youth Forum on April 21

NBHS to tackle LGBTQ+ issues at 2018 Trans Youth Forum on April 21 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Considered an annual day for Transgender, Genderqueer, Gender non-binary, Genderfluid, and/or Gender Questioning Youth, Friends and Community Members, the 2018 Trans Youth Forum will be held at New Brunswick High School, 1000 Somerset St., on April 21.

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2017 Short Play Festival at CDC Theatre

An exciting opening is planned for the 99th season at CDC Theatre in Cranford. The oldest continuously producing community theatre in New Jersey, CDC Theatre will launch the new season wit
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Arc Mercer Unveils First Group for LGBTQ People with Special Needs

Arc Mercer Unveils First Group for LGBTQ People with Special Needs | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The Arc Mercer, Capitol County’s premier provider of programs and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), has launched a groundbreaking LGBTQ community organization for people with special needs. The group, the Special Needs Alliance for Pride (SNAP), is not just the first organization of its kind in the state of New Jersey – but the first in the entire country!

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Fortune Feimster is giving the gays something to talk about

Fortune Feimster is giving the gays something to talk about | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In addition to a daily radio show and her weekly podcast, Feimster, who rose to fame as The Person You See Everywhere in Bit Parts.

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How the pandemic has taken an unspoken toll on NJ’s transgender residents

How the pandemic has taken an unspoken toll on NJ’s transgender residents | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Numerous interviews with NJ Advance Media have revealed that LGBTQ+ people from New Jersey are increasingly struggling with issues not just related to unemployment and homelessness but also mental health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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National Coming Out Day 2020: LGBTQ members share their stories

National Coming Out Day 2020: LGBTQ members share their stories | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Sunday is the 32nd annual National Coming Out Day. LGBTQ community members share stories of overcoming struggle, finding freedom and supporting others.

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LGBTQ+ civil rights activist Marsha P. Johnson to be honored with a public monument in Elizabeth

LGBTQ+ civil rights activist Marsha P. Johnson to be honored with a public monument in Elizabeth | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The family of Elizabeth native and LGBTQ+ civil rights activist Marsha P. Johnson was joined by Union County Freeholders and LGBTQ+ advocates to announce the future site of a public monument on Freedom Trail in Elizabeth in Johnson’s honor.

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GAAMC and Anchors To Dusk Publishing Spring 2020 Event

GAAMC and Anchors To Dusk Publishing Spring 2020 Event | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County (GAAMC) and Anchors To Dusk to co-host a business meet and greet event on May 11, 2020. They are reaching out to businesses in and around the Morristown area to come and share ideas, news and viewpoints.

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How 2019 Miss’d America winner Adriana Trenta plans to use her title to advance LGBTQ equality

How 2019 Miss’d America winner Adriana Trenta plans to use her title to advance LGBTQ equality | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

"I want to do everything in my power to make sure another queer youth never has to feel that fear of their livelihood being over, simply for choosing to live as who they are."

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Jersey City Pride Festival 2018 comes to the downtown this week

Jersey City Pride Festival 2018 comes to the downtown this week | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Gayborhood Jersey City and Hudson Pride Center host the Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival 2018 on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, 1-9 pm, in the historic downtown neighborhood. The Festival will take place on Newark Avenue between Grove Street and Jersey Avenue. The festival is convenient to mass transportation from all of New Jersey and New York City.

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How guts, grit and gusto helped one of NJ's most influential LGBT advocates change the game

How guts, grit and gusto helped one of NJ's most influential LGBT advocates change the game | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Christian Fuscarino, 27, smiled and laughed, recalling the moment he basically had to pinch himself to believe. Walking through Target, he saw a group of elementary school kids in the Pride section trying on all sorts of rainbow shirts and waving rainbow flags, laughing and grinning from ear to ear. 

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Town permanently painted crosswalk rainbow, because LGBT pride never goes away

Town permanently painted crosswalk rainbow, because LGBT pride never goes away | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Maplewood permanently paints rainbow striped crosswalks on a county intersection in celebration of LGBT Pride Month
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LGBTQ seniors in New Jersey seek welcoming places to live

LGBTQ seniors in New Jersey seek welcoming places to live | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Cape May County resident Vince Grimm will be 81 in September, and like other LGBTQ seniors in New Jersey, he's downsizing and considering his next step.

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‘Powerful Voice’ for LGBT Community Repositions Honor from League of Women Voters to ‘Stand Against Patriarchy’

‘Powerful Voice’ for LGBT Community Repositions Honor from League of Women Voters to ‘Stand Against Patriarchy’ | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Belmar native Christian Fuscarino, executive director of the state’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, was among five recipients of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey’s annual “Making Democracy Work” awards.

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Jersey City's 17th annual LGBT festival draws hundreds (PHOTOS)

Jersey City's 17th annual LGBT festival draws hundreds (PHOTOS) | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The event will continue all day today until 9 p.m.
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