New Jersey 2SLGBTQIA+ Resources

Statewide

  • The Pride Center of New Jersey
    • Founded in 1994, we’ve worked tirelessly to serve the needs of the LGBTQ+ community, empowering thousands of individuals to live authentic lives. 
  • Edge New Jersey
    • The mission of EDGE New Jersey is to respond compassionately and responsibly to those living with HIV, those at risk, and the LGBTQ+ communities by providing supportive services, housing opportunities, prevention strategies, and education to enhance the community we serve.
  • Garden State Equality
    • Our mission is to provide quality, innovative community programs, educate and train service providers, and pass pro-equality policies to protect and meet the needs of LGBTQ+ New Jerseyans.
  • NJGayLife.com
    • The original, the official and still the best website for the Garden State GLBT community. We’ve been at it since 1997! We count cyber years like dog years, so that’s a l-o-n-g time!
  • HiTOPS
    • HiTOPS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that fosters strong and healthy young people of all identities by providing inclusive and youth-informed sex education and LGBTQ+ support for young people throughout New Jersey.
  • Rutgers Center for Transgender Health
    • The Rutgers Center for Transgender Health is a multidisciplinary center that provides a full spectrum of medical and surgical care for people of the transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) experience. Our team of expert health professionals offer a compassionate, coordinated approach to gender affirmation.
  • Hyacinth
    • We fight for health equity and will use our collective voices to challenge and navigate health and social injustices. Through the employment of harm reduction and wellness principles, we work to end HIV and other related health disparities.

North Jersey

  • Hudson Pride Center
    • We’re the largest LGBTQ+ social services center in New Jersey, and we offer a variety of free services to support, affirm and connect our community to each other and to the services they need. While Hudson Pride Center was founded by a group of visionary activists in 1993 with a focus on the safety and wellbeing of Hudson County’s LGBTQ+ residents who were affected by the AIDS epidemic, it is growing to meet the current needs of our entire community.
  • North Jersey Community Research Initiative
    • We’re an innovative community-responsive organization helping individual thrive. We offer comprehensive care and compassionate support to over 20,000 people annually, elevating health and care while empowering the community.
  • Out Montclair
    • We are dedicated to fostering community and providing support and solidarity for the LGBTQ+ population of Montclair, NJ and beyond.
  • Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County
    • GAAMC is a not-for-profit volunteer-run organization that provides social, educational, and outreach programs. GAAMC also offers opportunities for individuals to become politically active on issues related to the GLBTI community. Our intent is to maintain a positive, healthy, respectful and supportive environment in a safe space.
  • Tertium Quid
    • Tertium Quid creates a safe welcoming environment for transgender, gender non-conforming and gender questioning youth and their families.
  • LGBT Rain Foundation (Essex County)
    • Our mission is to help young adults in between the age 18-26 by providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing services to address the emergent need of LGBTQ individuals experiencing crisis leading to homelessness.
  • LGBT Senior Housing and Care
    • LGBT Senior Housing and Care provides individualized cultural sensitivity training programs for staff
  • Bergen County LGBTQ+ Alliance
    • Our mission is to advocate for equality and resources for the LGBTQ+ community in Bergen County, N.J., to celebrate our diversity, and to provide safe spaces that allow us to be our true selves.
  • Newark LGBTQ Center
    • The Newark LGBTQ Community Center is a volunteer-run, community-based organization committed to providing safe space, programs, and services that support the well-being of the LGBTQ community and our allies in the Newark, New Jersey area.

Central Jersey and Jersey Shore

  • QSpot
    • QSpot’s LGBT Community Center is a gathering spot for NJ’s LGBT and allied community, a place where individuals, groups and families can go to be social, have fun, find support and grow.  QSpot is the only LGBT community center serving the diverse cities of Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Red Bank, Long Branch, Toms River and more.
  • Babs Siperstein PROUD Center
    • We are committed to providing a safe and supportive environment where you can get the medical care you need at all stages of your life. PROUD stands for Promoting Respect, Outreach, Understanding and Dignity. Our goal is to provide health services to the LGBTQ+ community in an evidence-based, culturally-competent manner. We currently provide care for people age 18 and older.
  • Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice
    • Queer safe-space, community activist hub, & educational bridge for our LBGTQIA youth, intersectional families, & all beautifully diverse Angelic Troublemakers!
  • PFLAG Jersey Shore
    • To create a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.

South Jersey

  • Jewish Family & Childrens Service of Southern New Jersey LGBTQ+ Initiative
    • JFCS is proud of our strong commitment to the full equality and inclusion of members of South Jersey’s LGBTQ+ community. We welcome our lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients, staff, board members, and volunteers as essential members of the JFCS family. Our clinicians have the experience, skills, and sensitivity to work with individuals who are dealing with issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity. We offer several programs tailored to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community.
  • GABLES of Cape May County
    • This organization shall encourage, aid and support the efforts of individuals and organizations whose purpose is to promote, secure, enhance and protect the human dignity, integrity and legal and political rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender persons. To this end, GABLES hopes to earn the privilege of serving as the representative voice of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community of Cape May County and southern New Jersey.