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BCLA Legal Rights Project - 2025
See the new Bergen County LGBTQ+ Alliance’s 2025 guide to a number of important legal rights available to members of the LGBTQ+ community living, working, and/or learning in New Jersey.
The production of the guide has been sponsored by the Foundation of the New Jersey Bar Association.
Equality Mental Health is hosting a weekly support group for Transgender Youth at 852 Kinderkamack Road, River Edge, NJ. The group starts Sunday, July 13th 12pm.
To find out more call Craig at 201-885-3522. Please register online here.
The Franklin & Marshall Global Barometers® (FMGB) is an LGBT+ human rights research project housed at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. The project produces data used to inform the work of policy-makers, scholars, and activists.
See the summary of their 2025 annual report here.
See worldwide country scores for LGBTQ+ rights and other barometers here.
Anonymous Survey on Welcoming Religious Congregations
This anonymous survey from Emplify Health collects feedback from participants about what exactly makes a congregation feel welcoming to people in the LGBTQ+ community. Read their flyer for more info, and click here to take the survey.
NJ State Bills to Protect Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care
Two NJ state bills have been sponsored which intend to "codify critical protections to those seeking and providing reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Further, this act is intended to ensure that anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ persons cannot harm patients or providers."
Please check out BCLA's Advocacy page to read more about the bills and how you can support them by contacting NJ State representatives.
Writer's Room is a free and open invitation monthly, online writing workshop hosted by the Future Perfect Project. The workshop focuses on developing writing skills and tools for creatives of all backgrounds and experiences. This is a 75-min workshop that meets monthly on Zoom, every second Tuesday of the month at 8pm.
Open to LGBTQ+ youth and allies age 13-19. Registration required - click here to sign up.