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Garden State Equality
(GSE)
Garden State Equality is New Jersey's only statewide LGBTI-rights advocacy organization with full-time staff. Garden State Equality’s mission is not only to win fairer laws, but also to win justice for LGBT New Jerseyans facing discrimination. http://gardenstateequality.org/
New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition
(NJLGC)
The NJLGC is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization committed to:
  1. Fighting discrimination based on sexual/affectional orientation or gender identification.
  2. Enhancing the quality of life of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and intersexed people in New Jersey through public advocacy, education, political action, and legal reform.
http://www.njlgc.org/
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
(GLSEN)

Chapters:
Northern New Jersey
Central New Jersey
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. Established nationally in 1995, GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. http://www.glsen.org/northernnj

http://www.glsen.org/centralnj
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
(PFLAG)

Chapters:
Bergen County/Ridgewood
Hunterdon County
Jersey Shore
Morris County
North Jersey
Ocean City/Cape May
County
Princeton
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Find web sites and contact info for local NJ chapters here:

http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=803
Rainbow Families of New Jersey
(RFNJ)
Rainbow Families of New Jersey (RFNJ) is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c3) organization dedicated to serving the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) parents, their children, and those interested in becoming parents. http://www.rainbowfamiliesnj.org/
The Pride Center of New Jersey A fast-growing community center located in Highland Park, The Pride Center provides a "safe space" for the LGBTIQ community: a place to learn about our community from a vast array of resources, a place to socialize and meet new friends, and a place to gain acceptance and understanding of your gender and sexual identity in an comfortable setting. http://www.pridecenter.org/
Jersey City Lesbian & Gay Outreach
(JCLGO)
A vital voice in Jersey City committed to bringing the LGBT community together. Events such as Jersey City Pride, Jersey City Mayoral Forum, LGBT Health Fair, and Getting To Know You are testaments on how JCLGO is truly the voice of the Jersey City LGBT community. http://www.jclgo.org/
Hudson Pride Connections and
The Hudson Pride Connections Center of New Jersey
(HPC)
Hudson Pride Connections, HPC, is a 501(c)3 bridging the gap in services and responding to the unmet needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender community, as well as HIV positive people of any orientation / identity, through supportive social services, prevention, outreach, advocacy and development trainings for other service providers, to educate, empower, and unite all of our communities. http://www.hudsonpride.org/
HiTOPS' First & Third First & Third is HiTOPS' educational and social support group for GLBTQ youth and their allies. It meets the first and third Saturdays of each month, in downtown Princeton). http://www.hitops.org/supportprograms/firstthird.shtml
Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County
(GAAMC)
GAAMC is a not-for-profit volunteer-run organization that provides social, educational, and outreach programs. GAAMC also offers opportunities for individuals to become politically active on issues related to the GLBTI community. Our intent is to maintain a positive, healthy, respectful and supportive environment in a safe space. http://gaamc.org/
The Newark Pride Alliance NPA aims to make Newark a city to be proud of and a city to be proud in: a city safe for all of its people: gay, straight, bisexual, lesbian and transgendered. Among NPA's goals is the creation of an LGBT community center in Newark, to be known as the Sakia Gunn Lesbian & Gay youth Community Center. http://www.geocities.com/newark_pride_alliance/index.html
Rainbow Families of Maplewood/South Orange
(RFMSO)
RFMSO maintains an email discussion list for LGBT families, individuals, and allies who live in Maplewood and South Orange, New Jersey. RFMSO also coordinates periodic picnics and other gatherings for the local LGBT community. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maplewood/


















































































































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