Insider NJ’s 2020 Insider OUT 100: LGBT Power List
Â
Download Insider NJâs 2020 Insider OUT: 100 LGBT Power ListÂ
Welcome to InsiderNJâs 2020 Insider OUT 100: LGBT Power List, our 3rd annual tribute to politically influential LGBTQs in New Jersey politics.
Thereâs a pandemic raging. This yearâs list letâs us venerate some amazing, brilliant LGBTQ people, veterans of the AIDS crisis, harnessing and channeling wisdom and expertise to battle COVID-19.
Politicians are listed separately this time. Since we like to keep things fresh, the 2020 OUT 100 Power List includes over 20 newbies. So if you donât see your name this year, Iâll say thank you for making room for new faces and tomorrowâs faves.
Many of the names below were called to action by Americaâs indifference to the AIDS pandemic. Every 
queer who died of AIDS meant one less mentor to teach and empower the next. The enormity of that loss haunts me, especially since I âcame outâ at the height of the AIDS pandemic when many would-be mentors were either dead or too traumatized to contemplate nurturing the next generation. So weâll emphasize mentorship on this yearâs power list.
Letâs always celebrate how far weâve come since the days when AIDS ran roughshod over our community.
But how far have we really come? Especially in NJ, a state without a single out LGBTQ state lawmaker? There are 9 LGBTQ members of Congress. NY is poised to add another 2 to the tally in November. Other states are electing LGBTQ people to Congress and we still canât sent a single Queer person to Trenton!
That’s not progress.
Thanks to last generationâs sacrifice, no one dies of AIDS in America anymore. Gays and Lesbians can marry who we want and also serve our country in the Armed Forces. And thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling, itâs finally illegal to fire someone for who they love. If workplace protections completed the âboxed setâ of goals LGBTQ activists set early last decade, can this decade be devoted to getting more Queer people elected to office?
Please?
Download Insider NJâs 2020 Insider OUT: 100 LGBT Power List or view it below:
The 2020 Insider OUT: 100 LGBT
WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE LIST!!
Kudos to Jay Lassiter for compiling such a comprehensive list.
It must have taken a tremendous amount of research and effort on his part.
Congratulations to each person on the list.
As a New Jersey resident, I salute each of you with pride and gratitude.
How do you find more information on how to nominate someone?