LGBTQ+ Students

State Board of Education Members Get Fired Up During Discussion About Gender Identity in Sex Education Classes

Today's State Board of Education meeting was a six-hour marathon as Board trustees, Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan, and Education Department…

2 years ago

How Did Anti-Sex Ed School Board Candidates Do in New Jersey? Answers Here.

Politico has analyzed the success of New Jersey school board candidates who espoused platforms decrying Covid-masking and vaccination policies and…

2 years ago

Rainbow Wave Overtakes Red Ripple—in School Board Elections!

Lauren Albrecht is the chair of the New Jersey LGBTQ Democrats, and Joe Forte is a National Victory Campaign Board…

2 years ago

Midterms Prove Murphy Administration’s Fixation on Culture Wars Is a Losing Ticket

Between “Don’t Say Gay” in Florida and “Drag Queen Story-Telling” for New Jersey first-graders (featured at last week’s NJEA Convention:…

2 years ago

‘Violent’ School Board Elections? Looking at Hunterdon County.

For a sense of the metamorphosis of school board races from afterthoughts to center-stage, look no further than Clinton Township…

2 years ago

GOTTESMAN: Ciattarelli, When It Comes to NJ’s Sex Ed Standards You Don’t Know Jack

Michael Gottesman is a retired New Jersey attorney and the founder of the “New Jersey Coalition for Protection of Public…

2 years ago

NJ Assembly Acts To Keep Kids From Turning Into Adults Who Use Nyquil to Marinate Their Chicken

In other legislative education news on this busy Thursday, the New Jersey Assembly Education Committee released a bill (full text…

2 years ago

Ocean City Parent: We Embrace LGBTQ Students But Not Our ‘Hyper-Sexualized’ Schools

Editor's Note: On Friday NJ Education Report published a petition that calls for Ocean City Public Schools to embrace the…

2 years ago

Ocean City Advocates Come Together To Rally, ‘Queer Kids Belong Here!’

This is a petition, currently with more than 4,000 signatures, that calls upon Ocean City Public Schools to welcome LGBTQ+…

2 years ago

Lakewood Quietly Passes Sex Ed ‘Opt-In Only’ Policy

While some New Jersey parents, school boards, and politicians have loudly denounced the new Health and Physical Education Standards issued…

2 years ago