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Nevada Legislature Passes Bill to Modernize State's HIV Laws Garnering bipartisan support, legislation will fix Nevada's outdated, ineffective, discriminatory HIV criminal laws. May 26, 2021 18:22 ET | Source: Silver State Equality Silver State Equality North Las Vegas, Nevada, UNITED STATES CARSON CITY, Nev., May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silver State Equality, Nevada’s statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization and a partner of the Nevada HIV Modernization Coalition, praised Nevada legislators Wednesday for their bipartisan passage of leg...

Gay, Black and forced out onto the streets. Why COVID is leaving some men homeless in N.J. Today 7:00 AM A participant walks under a large rainbow flag during the 2019 LBGTQ Pride march in New York.AP Photo/Craig Ruttle Facebook Share Nelix Joseph is 22 and a Black gay man living in New Jersey. And last year, he found himself in a homeless shelter in New Jersey. His story is not unique, according to those who spoke to NJ Advance Media over the past few months. They have shared accounts of members of the LGBTQ+ community experiencing homelessness as a result of the coronavirus pandemic at a ...

How the pandemic has taken an unspoken toll on N.J.’s transgender residents Updated Mar 11, 2021; Posted Feb 27, 2021 The extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has impacted members of the LGBTQ+ community in New Jersey remains widely unknown. Facebook Share Editor’s Note: A list of resources can be found at the end of this article. A 23-year-old New Jersey native has been mostly unemployed for over a year. From late last year into early this year, she bounced between parts of New York and New Jersey in search of various sources of food and shelter. She’s spent some nights on the st...

LGBTQ couples in New Jersey can legally marry because of a 2013 court ruling. But if the state Legislature passes a bill introduced on Feb. 9, it would cement same-sex marriage into New Jersey law.  The state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2013 despite appeal efforts by then-Gov. Chris Christie. The recent bill would take same-sex marriage rights out of the court's hands.  "I think we would like to not make [same-sex marriage] so much at the whim of the courts," said Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, who co-sponsored the bill along with Senate President Ste...