By: NJ.com
Hundreds turned out at the Hyatt in Jersey City for Garden State Equality's Legends 2011 gala.
Among those on the program were:
*Lady Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta, who presented the Lt. Laurel Hester Prize for Citizen Courage to seven bullied students from across New Jersey who helped lead the way for New Jersey's new anti-bullying law, now the strongest such law in the country.
Among those on the program were:
*Lady Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta, who presented the Lt. Laurel Hester Prize for Citizen Courage to seven bullied students from across New Jersey who helped lead the way for New Jersey's new anti-bullying law, now the strongest such law in the country.
* The Rev. Bruce Davidson, who received the Loretta Weinberg Prize for Lifetime Achievement;
*Barbra Casbar Siperstein, who received Garden State Equality's first-ever John Adler Icon of Equality prize, named after Congressman and former state Sen. John Adler, who died in April.
*Anwar Robinson, a finalist on television's "American Idol.''
Legends 2011 had two themes, organizers said: A celebration of the state's new anti-bullying law and anticipation of the next step to win marriage equality in New Jersey.
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