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 […]

 Asbury Park based attorney, social justice and community advocate Luanne Peterpaul has been tapped by Mayor John Pallone to serve as the next municipal court judge in Long Branch, city officials have announced. “I believe Luanne will be a welcomed selection for the City of Long Branch,” Pallone said in a written statement. “Her background […]

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 […]

The hundreds that gathered in Springwood Avenue Park Saturday sent a loud message, chanting in unison – No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcomed here. “There will be more rallies,” organizer Jess Alaimo said. “They want you to get tired, they want you to burn out. You have to keep showing up, keep chanting, it […]

The Pulse nightclub massacre second anniversary was commemorated Tuesday with a moment of silence, poetry reading, song, and thanks for a community that rose to help plant the memorial grove in Library Square Park, bordered by Heck Street, Asbury, First, and Grand avenues. “Two years ago we experienced one of the worst travesties in modern […]

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,” […]

Gov Phil Murphy has appointed Asbury Park’s own Brenda ‘Sue’ Fulton to head the Motor Vehicle Commission. The Motor Vehicle Commission [MVC] is composed of eight members, four of which are appointed by the Governor. Three cabinet members also serve on an ex-officio basis: the State Attorney General, Treasurer, and Commissioner of the Department of Transportation. […]

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 […]