Fight to protect transgender health care to be among new governor’s first tests

Supporters of proposed state protections for transgender health care are hopeful the bill will become law when Mikie Sherrill becomes governor.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: January 20, 2026

Words: 1,205

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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When former state Sen. Dick Codey died earlier this month, the first thing Louise Walpin thought of was his unsuccessful plea on the Senate floor in 2010 to legalize gay marriage.

If legislators didn’t pass it, Codey warned, the world would look back and wonder: “What were they thinking? What were they afraid of?”

Walpin, an LGBTQ activist, thinks the same will happen with the push to protect health …

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