The 10th Annual Garden State Equality Walk Weekend, held Oct. 11-14, not only expanded to four cities this year, it exceeded its $100,000 goal, organizers said in a written statement. “In our tenth year hosting the Equality Walk, the passion New Jerseyans have for LGBTQ equality shows no signs of slowing down,” said Executive Director […]

Editor, Asbury Sun, Late last night, we learned of the passing of transgender activist and icon Barbra ‘Babs’ Siperstein. Babs was a towering figure in the LGBTQ community who worked tirelessly to advance the rights of transgender and all LGBTQ people. She was an architect of our movement, pioneering critical civil rights legislation here in […]

The City of Asbury Park has unveiled a new rainbow-striped crosswalk on Asbury Avenue in front of the Empress Hotel. The temporary crosswalk was created by resolution to promote awareness of LGBTQ issues in Asbury Park and timed to coincide with Garden State Equality Equality Walk, which will take place on Saturday. “We wanted to […]

Over $23,000 was raised via Sunday’s Annual AIDS Walk sponsored by The Center in Asbury Park. “The Center provides life saving support for so many in Asbury Park and surrounding communities,” said Garden State Equality Executive Director Christian Fuscarino. “[We are] proud to support them and their efforts.” The all volunteer nonprofit, located on Third […]

On the eve of celebrating a woman who gave 12 years to helping define the state’s premier LGBTQ support agency, Garden State Equality’s Executive Director Christian Fuscarino paid tribute to all the women behind the nonprofit. “Last Thursday, the League of Women Voters of New Jersey honored me at their annual ‘Making Democracy Work’ event,” […]

The advocacy for gun control and rally against gun violence lands at The Asbury Wednesday in the form of a Concert Movement to End Gun Violence.   The concert event is a fundraiser in support of advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, held in partnership with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which […]

Garden State Equality joins the Racial Justice Project in presenting Barry Jenkins’ Academy Award winning Moonlight, being screened 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Church, located at 503 Asbury Ave. Tapped by the New York Times as the Best Film of the 21st Century, Moonlight is the first film with an all-black cast, the first LGBT […]

One day after the nation celebrated its freedom, a crowd gathered along the Asbury Park Boardwalk to bear witness to Garden State Equality’s formal endorsement of Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Phil Murphy. “It’s always important to have the future governor come to Asbury Park,” Mayor John Moor said with assuredness for the November election outcome. “He’s […]

The State’s largest LGBTQ support organization will hold its largest fundraising event Saturday in Asbury Park. Garden State Equality, which moved its headquarters to Main Street in the city last year, will hold the Eighth Annual Equality Walk starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, rain or shine. “This event is an important reminder to folks visiting […]

The Asbury Park Police Department is working with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to identify two suspects who vandalized the Garden State Equality headquarters on Main Street Saturday afternoon, Acting Police Chief Anthony Salerno said.  The nonprofit’s Executive Director Christian Fuscarino said video surveillance was remitted to the local police department. “The video and or stills, […]