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Asbury Park Restaurant Fined For Discriminating Against Nonbinary Customer, AG Says Asbury Park Restaurant Fined For Discriminating Against Nonbinary Customer, AG Says
Asbury Park Restaurant Fined For Discriminating Against Nonbinary Customer, AG Says A restaurant in Asbury Park was fined after it was accused of having a dress code that discriminated against a nonbinary person, officials said. Brando’s Citi Cucina agreed to several punishments, including a $5,000 payment to the customer, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a news release on Friday, June 28. The restaurant was found to have violated the state's Law Against Discrimination (LAD). Investigators said Brando's refused to serve the customer because staff believed they weren't following the restaurant's dress code, banning men from wearing sleeveless shirts while …

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by Chris Spiker
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Poll Findings Reveal How NJ Parents Feel About Gender Identity Classes In Schools Poll Findings Reveal How NJ Parents Feel About Gender Identity Classes In Schools
Poll Findings Reveal How NJ Parents Feel About Gender Identity Classes In Schools A new Monmouth University poll shows that a majority of parents are okay with their kids being taught gender identity, but only in high school. The poll, released Tuesday, Aug. 22, show that 64 percent of New Jersey parents approve of teaching students in grades 9 through 12 about the "range of ways people express their gender."   Though when it comes to middle school, the number drops to to 45 percent and just 24 percent of Garden State parents approve of it being taught in elementary school grades. Forty-five percent of adults in the Garden State feel schools are "doing too muc…

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by Sam Barron
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Jersey Shore Parents Rally Against Gender Identity Books In Elementary School Jersey Shore Parents Rally Against Gender Identity Books In Elementary School
Jersey Shore Parents Rally Against Gender Identity Books In Elementary School A group of parents plans a rally Wednesday at Little Egg Harbor's school board meeting regarding gender identify. They're opposed to using picture books to promote transgender ideology and gender identity in the elementary school, according to Pamela Kurt, one of the parents. Kurt says she has examples of 35 books from the local library to show the school board. "i believe in free speech. I don't believe in banning books," Kurt said. "But I care about what very young kids are being exposed to." The school district superintendent, Dr. Melissa McCooley, said all of the district's books mee…

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by Jon Craig
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Transgender UPenn Swimmer Crushing Records Is Causing Outrage On Twitter Transgender UPenn Swimmer Crushing Records Is Causing Outrage On Twitter
Transgender UPenn Swimmer Crushing Records Is Causing Outrage On Twitter A University of Pennsylvania athlete who swam their way to victory as a man is not only winning as a woman but is breaking records do it. And Twitter is coming at her. Lia Thomas, 22, set new U.S. swimming records at the Zippy Invitational in Akron, Ohio over the weekend, according to the university. Thomas won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:41.93 on Saturday, according to the university. She went on to swim past her UPenn teammate, Anna Sofia Kalandaze, in the 1,650 freestyle in a record time of 15:59.71 beating her by 38 seconds, and finally she set another record in the 500 freestyle pus…

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by Jillian Pikora
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New Jersey Adds Gender 'X' Option For Drivers Licenses New Jersey Adds Gender 'X' Option For Drivers Licenses
New Jersey Adds Gender 'X' Option For Drivers Licenses The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is adding an “X” gender option to drivers licenses and non-driver identification cards. Gender “X” will indicate a gender is unspecified, and it will be offered alongside the existing “M” (male) and “F” (female) gender options on licenses and IDs.  This is offered not only to New Jersey residents who identify as non-binary, but for anyone who prefers that their gender not be specified on their license or ID. The MVC previously announced the ability to change the M/F gender designation on licenses and IDs in February 2020, following passage of the “B…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom
Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom Detectives were investigating racially biased Instagram posts by a Glen Rock High School student when the teenage bigot struck again, this time targeting another classmate over gender identity on Zoom, authorities said. Detectives were a month into their investigation of racial bias when administrators at the high school showed them “questionable comments” entered during a school Zoom session, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The comment “appeared to target another student over their gender identity,” the chief said Monday. Using information provided by the teenage victims and the school’…

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by Jerry DeMarco