Category: LGBTQ+

🌈 UU FaithAction at North Jersey Pride!

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By Marlene Miller

It was a fun day of celebration on June 8th when Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, and UUFANJ got together to share a Pride tent. We saw queer folks of all walks of life, and invited them to paint a rock with us or peruse our LGBTQ+ affirmations, brochures, and goodies. We met so many interested folks for whom religion had never seemed like something they could participate in! Lots of people even wrote their own affirmations to leave for other members of the LGBTQ+ community who may need them. It was a beautiful outpouring of support for a marginalized demographic, and all as part of a much larger, family-friendly event. If you missed it this year, be sure to keep an eye out for it next year!

Policy 5756 Statement of Support

by Emily Parker 1 Comment

As Boards of Education across New Jersey are considering repealing Policy 5756—i.e. the “Transgender Student Guidance for School Districts” policy—our Reproductive Justice Task Force is eager to share a resource to empower UUs to speak up.

📄 “Policy 5756 Statement of Support” PDF download

Our sample Policy 5756 statement of support is intended as a resource for UUs who wish to make comments in support of policy 5756 and trans students at their local school board meetings.

Many thanks to Rev. Rosemarie Newberry and to Garden State Equality for their contributions.

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