- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in New Jersey is legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in New Jersey is no censorship.
New Jersey actually requires schools to teach students about the LGBTQ community.
Right to change legal gender in New Jersey is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-affirming care in New Jersey is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in New Jersey is recognized.
LGBT discrimination in New Jersey is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in New Jersey is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in New Jersey is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Additionally, the Human Rights Campaign states, "The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires grantees and participants of HUD programs to comply with local and state non-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity.
HUD also prohibits inquiries regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a prospective tenant or applicant for assisted
housing in every state (March 2012)."
Intersex infant surgery in New Jersey is not banned.
Serving openly in military in New Jersey is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
On February 10th, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth filed in court a memo relating to President Trump’s executive order from the previous month.
From then until March 18th, 2025, The U.S. military prohibited transgender individuals from enlisting and ceased providing or supporting gender transition procedures for service members.
Blood donations by MSMs in New Jersey is legal.
Conversion therapy in New Jersey is banned.
Equal age of consent in New Jersey is equal.