New Jersey
Garden State Equality Recognizes Hyland Law Firm as an Equality Company of the Year
Fri, 2011-06-03 09:00 — AnonymousWe are pleased to announce that we are being honored by New Jerseys's largest LGBT rights organization, Garden State Equality, as one of its 2011 Equality Companies of the Year at GSE's Legends Dinner on June 25, 2011. The selection of our firm was unanimous. The award is being given in recognition of our firm's work in support of LGBT rights here in New Jersey. In addition to honoring the Equality Companies at its Legend's dinner, GSE will begin showcasing the companies on its companion website, www.EqualityCompanies.com. Read more »
New Jersey Marriage Equality Suit Filed
Wed, 2011-06-29 09:22 — AnonymousTRENTON—Seven gay and lesbian New Jersey couples, along with many of their children, are going to court to try to force the state to recognize gay marriage. Read more »
Rutgers University to Begin Offering Co-Ed Rooms
Wed, 2011-03-02 00:00 — AnonymousNEW BRUNSWICK—Starting this fall, Rutgers University will allow male and female students to live in the same dormitory room for the first time in a pilot program designed to make the New Brunswick campus more welcoming to gay students. Read more »
NJ Governor Signs Antibullying Law
Thu, 2011-01-06 00:00 — AnonymousTRENTON—Gov. Chris Christie has signed a bill advocates say gives New Jersey the toughest anti-bullying law in the nation.
Christie signed the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights,
according to a press release from Garden State Equality, the state's largest gay rights organization, which advocated for the bill.
The new law is intended to eliminate loopholes in the state's first anti-bullying law, passed in 2002, that encouraged school districts to set up anti-bullying programs but did not mandate it. Read more »
NJ Senate Approves Tough Anti-Bullying Bill
Mon, 2010-11-22 00:00 — AnonymousTRENTON—The New Jersey Senate has approved an "anti-bullying bill of rights" that advocates say would be the nation's toughest. Read more »
NJ Anti-bullying Law Advances
Tue, 2010-11-16 00:00 — AnonymousTRENTON—Sixteen-year-old Matthew Zimmer told lawmakers at a hearing Monday on toughening New Jersey's anti-bullying law that he withdrew from his public high school to escape being tormented because he's gay. Read more »
Rutgers Bullying Case May Test NJ Privacy Law
Fri, 2010-11-05 23:00 — AnonymousHADDONFIELD, NJ—The case of a Rutgers University student who committed suicide after a roommate allegedly used a webcam to spy on his tryst with another man could pose the first legal test of a state privacy law passed in 2003. Read more »
Prosecutors Consider Bias Crime Charges After Gay NJ Teen's Suicide
Thu, 2010-09-30 23:00 — AnonymousPISCATAWAY, NJ—As prosecutors consider filing bias-crime charges against two college freshmen accused of streaming online video of a classmate's sexual encounter with another man, a huge divide has emerged between those who support the suspects and those who want to see them punished. Read more »
Collingswood Civil Union
Mon, 2010-09-20 20:29 — AnonymousCOLLINGSWOOD, NJ—Actress Kelly McGillis has been joined in a civil union with her girlfriend in New Jersey. Read more »
LGBT Book Banned by 2 NJ Libraries
Fri, 2010-08-06 00:00 — AnonymousBURLINGTON CO.—Two New Jersey libraries have banned a gay-themed book from circulation, the Courier Post reports. Read more »
