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This Wednesday at the Pride Center we have the Women's Hang Out Group. Wednesday Night Women's Hang Out is a social group that offers women the opportunity to be a part of discussions, meet-ups, great conversation, and share different opinions. The idea is to create a place where we can meet new friends in a relaxed environment. Come by and hang out with Women at The Pride Center! Open to anyone in the LGBTIQA community that identifies as a woman. This group provides a supportive environment for women who are at any stage of the coming out process. Women of all ages who consider themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning are welcome. 7:30pm sharp!

Wednesdays at 7:30pm. The purpose of the Men's Living Out discussion group is to provide a safe and supportive environment where gay men can meet and explore their own paths, satisfying the PCNJ Men's Guild element of brotherhood and support. In this way, we will be helping ourselves to build more satisfying and fulfilling relationships with ourselves, each other, and the world at large.

Wednesdays at 7:30pm. A moderated discussion group for issues related to coming out as gay men. Men vote on the topic of the day. Meets every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Send e-mail to [email protected] for more info.

Our next Men's Social Night meeting is this coming Tuesday! As always, any and all men (gay, bi, pansexual, etc.) interested in meeting new people are welcome. The event takes place at The Pride Center of New Jersey from 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm!

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Take a stand against bullying and go purple for Spirit Day at http://glaad.org/spiritday today!

And if you are a bi+ youth, know you always have resources and help available to you through http://biresource.org/resources/youth/

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It’s taken years for me to feel comfortable being gay in public, and that includes being queerly partnered. But now that I’ve found my forever-person, I realize how important it is to me to honor that we’re both women, despite countless forces telling us we’re wrong. And if mentioning my wife to a stranger one day helps to validate that love, maybe for an eavesdropping closeted teenager, I can’t wait to do it.

When It Comes To Queer Love, Our Word Choices Matter | The Establishment (via gaywrites)

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Black queer lives matter

The Pride Center of New Jersey is partnering with The Somerset Patriots for their first ever Pride Night on Labor Day, Monday 9/5! Following the game there will be a spectacular fireworks show.

Labor Day, Monday 9/5. Gates open at 5:00 PM and the game begins at 6:05 PM. To purchase your ticket go to pridecenter.org or see the link below. A portion of all tickets sales purchased through the Pride Center go to support the LGBT community and the many programs offered at the center! Help us out and reblog if you can’t buy tickets!

https://squareup.com/store/pridecenter/item/pride-night-somerset-patriots

#PCNJ #pride center #nj #somerset patriots #pride night #baseball

Our Summer BBQ approaches this Sunday! It’s a relaxed, family-fun event for everyone in Highland Park. Come hang out with friends, your kids, or meet new people and enjoy the park!

#pride center #PCNJ #lgbtqia #highland park #nj

Please consider supporting the Pride Center of New Jersey! We are an all-volunteer-run, donation-based organization that serves NJ’s LGBTIA+ community. Your donation will help the center continue to host its many social events, emotional support groups, and educational activities.

Every dollar makes a difference! If you are unable to donate, please reblog.

#pcnj #love #giveoutday #lgbtqia #nj #donate #thank you #pride

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17 Writers Share Their Most Important, Necessary LGBT Books

H/T: Elle

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Arielle & Meredith, by Tara Beth Photography

What a beautiful couple & beautiful photos!

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QueerTips says: Changing your name (in New York state)

So you want to change your name but you’re not sure how. Good news! We’re here to help.

Why would you change your name? Lots of reasons! Perhaps most obviously, because this is the blog it is, because you want your legal name to better reflect your gender identity. You might also simply not be a fan of your name, or some part of your name, or maybe your stepmom or great-uncle are your closest immediate family and you’d rather have your last name match theirs.

The point is any reason for wanting to change your name is a valid one, and if you’re an 18 year old human person, you can do it!

But how?

Over the next few weeks we’ll be reviewing how to change your name legally on a variety of different legal documents from your driver’s license to your social security card or your passport. This information can change pretty quickly as laws and procedures are updated or changed, so FYI we’ll be posting the dates that we publish these on (for instance, today is 7/27/16) and will edit them if we make updates.

You can find the guide we’re basing these posts on (which we also wrote!) here. Because we wrote the guide with trans folks in mind, we’re also going to go over how to change your gender marker, though you can change your name without changing your gender marker or vice-versa — whichever works for you.

Note that this guide is written for folks in New York state. Although information about things like Social Security cards and passports are not based on the state you live in or you are a resident of, a lot of the other information is. For example, you can change your name on your birth certificate in NYS, but not in some other states. If you’re looking for information about making these changes in other states, please check out The National Center for Transgender Equality’s ID Document Center.

If you want to read ahead or learn it all right this very minute, our Know-How guide to changing your name and gender marker can be found here, in its totality, for free. Otherwise, stick around for our first post: how to legally change your name. Stay tuned!