lead story - Transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson will get a monument in her New Jersey hometown

Christina Maxouris
CNN

Elizabeth, NJ

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New Jersey - LGBTQ education is now mandatory in New Jersey schools. Here's how teachers are preparing

Melanie Burney
Post-Bulletin

Hinchman-Lippincott House

Haddon Heights, NJ

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lead story - N.J. bans gay and transgender 'panic defenses'

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Princeton, NJ

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Donald Trump - Impeachment or not, Trump could hurt these N.J. Dems in 2020. And Dems are saying this.

Jonathan D. Salant
NJ.com

Manasquan Borough, NJ 

(part of New Jersey's 4th district)

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New Jersey - U.S. Supreme Court will decide if someone can be fired for being gay or transgender. This is N.J.’s law.

Brent Johnson
NJ.com

Ringwood, NJ

New Jersey Botanical Garden

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lead story - N.J. kept a transgender woman in men’s prisons for over a year. She says she was harassed and beaten.

S.P. Sullivan
NJ.com

Clinton, NJ

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New Jersey - Even a small New Jersey city can share in the power of Pride

Kevin Riordan
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Woodbury, NJ

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New Jersey - New Jersey Joins Sister States in Opposition to Transgender Military Ban

Press
Insider NJ

Trenton, NJ

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civil rights - New Jersey restaurant server claims she was fired because she’s transgender

John Riley
Metroweekly

Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ

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civil rights - New Jersey to require schools to teach LGBT history

Hannan Adely
USA Today

Woodland, NJ

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lead story - Transgender birth certificates will be available in New Jersey starting in February

Dan Alexander
New Jersey 101.5

Trenton, NJ

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New Jersey - LGBT advocates in New Jersey attack Trump plans to eliminate 'transgender' as option

Hannan Adely
northjersey.com

Trenton, NJ

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civil rights - N.J. Transgender Students Get Rules on Restroom, Name Preference

Elise Young
Bloomberg

Jersey City, New Jersey

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New Jersey - First operation in New Jersey creates penis for transgender man

Lindy Washburn
North Jersey

Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Livingston, NJ

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Middletown, New Jersey

estimated transgender population: 380*
(rounded up)

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ezs note:  The Evil Clown of Middletown!  Where is it?  Why,  in Middletown, New Jersey, of course!

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lead story - New Jersey Gov. Signs Bills Giving Transgender Residents More Rights

Alanna Vagianos
HuffPost

Gov. Phil Murphy

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civil rights - New Jersey Lawmakers Send Transgender Rights Bills to Phil Murphy

Christian Hetrick
Observer

New Jersey governor's mansion

(Drumthwacket)

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civil rights - Here's how N.J. could soon give a big boost to transgender rights

Susan K. Livio
nj.com

North Bergen, NJ

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New Jersey - Some parts of NJ not as accepting of LGBT residents

David Matthau
nj1015

Cape May, New Jersey

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New Jersey - Transgender people may soon get new birth, death certificates | Feedback

Joan Quigley
nj.com

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