Below are resources in New Jersey for our community, part of this site’s American resources by state. See also major US-based trans websites and national advocacy groups.
Youth
GLSEN (glsen.org)
Center for Family Services (centerffs.org)
- Kaleidoscope: youth-centric LGBTQ organization in South Jersey
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (chop.edu)
Penn Medicine Princeton Health (princetonhcs.org)
Hackensack University Medical Center (hackensackumc.org)
- Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital
RWJBarnabas Health (rwjbh.org)
- PROUD Family Health (Somerville)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (New Brunswick)
Hackensack Meridian Health (hackensackmeridianhealth.org)
- LGBTQ Health and Wellness Resources
- K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune)
LGBTQ- focused
Pride Center of New Jersey (pridecenter.org)
- In Highland Park. Transgender Health
Hudson Pride Center (hudsonpride.org)
New Jersey Gay Life (njgaylife.com)
- News and directory
Jersey Pride (jerseypride.org)
- Produces local pride parades and publishes The Jersey Gaze
Garden State Equality (gardenstateequality.org)
- In Asbury Park
- New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ advocacy & education organization
Out in Jersey (outinjersey.net)
- News and community
Health
Transgender surgery options in New Jersey
Electrologists Association of New Jersey (electrolysisnj.com)
Mazzoni Center (mazzonicenter.org)
- Philadelphia
The New Jersey Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Coalition
- Active 2000–2018 [archive]
Callen-Lorde (callen-lorde.org)
- NYC-Metro Area Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) Community Resources Guide [2012 PDF]
World Professional Association of Transgender Health (wpath.org)
- Member search: New Jersey
Planned Parenthood (plannedparenthood.org)
- Bellmawr
- Camden Center
- Delran
- East Orange Health Center
- Elizabeth Health Center
- Englewood Health Center
- Flemington Health Center
- Freehold Center
- Hackensack Health Center
- Hamilton Health Center
- Montclair Center
- Morristown Health Center
- Ironbound Health Center
- Mulberry Health Center (formerly known as Chubb)
(Newark) - New Brunswick Center
- Newton Health Center
- Paterson Center
- Perth Amboy Center
- Stockton University Student Clinic (Pomona)
- Shrewsbury Center
- Trenton Health Center
- Washington Health Center
Ali Forney
The Audre Lorde Project
FIERCE!
Gender Identity Project (NYC LGBT Center)
New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA)
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
NYC Trans Resources & Referral Guide by Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
West Village Trans-Legal Clinic Name Change Project
Newark
Jersey City
Paterson
Elizabeth
Trenton
Camden
Colleges and Universities
Student groups can be great resources, even for non-students. Contact nearby major colleges and universities if you need help finding resources.
Princeton University (princeton.edu)
- In Princeton
- LGBT (lgbt.princeton.edu)
- Transgender Inclusivity (https://inclusive.princeton.edu/initiatives/building-community/transgender-inclusivity)
Rutgers University (rutgers.edu)
- New Brunswick, Newark and Camden
- Rutgers Center for Transgender Health (http://njms.rutgers.edu/centers_institutes/trans_health/)
Montclair State University (montclair.edu)
- In Montclair
- Trans at Montclair State
Fairleigh Dickinson (fdu.edu)
- In Teaneck
- Spectrum FDU is campus pride group
Seton Hall University
- In South Orange
- A Catholic institution with very little information for students who are sex and gender minorities.
Legal
In 2019 New Jersey added a gender neutral option to birth certificates.
Garden State Equality (gardenstateequality.org)
Trans Affirming Alliance (transaffirmingalliance.org)
National Center for Transgender Equality (transequality.org)
- ID Documents Center | New Jersey
Human Rights Campaign (hrc.org)
Williams Institute (williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu)
New Jersey Courts (njcourts.gov)