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Hoboken kicked off its Pride Month celebrations by raising a flag, repainting rainbow crosswalks, and overseeing renewed vows between two women who met in the city by happenstance in 2009. (City of Hoboken)
HOBOKEN, NJ Among the festivities that took place in Hoboken to kick off Pride Month this past weekend, Mayor Ravi Bhalla oversaw the next chapter of two women s long love story that began with long hair.
Migdalia Pagan-Milano said on Wednesday that she still gets flustered when she tells the story of how she met her wife Lisa Milano in Hoboken in 2009 a meeting that ultimately led them to get married 10 years ago.
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“In Hoboken, we will always stand up for the rights of our transgender community, because trans rights are human rights,” Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in a statement.
“Hoboken is a fair and welcoming City where all are treated equally no matter your gender identity. To all of our trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming community members – we see you, we love you, and we celebrate you on this Transgender Day of Visibility, and every day.”
In December 2020, Bhalla announced that Hoboken achieved a 100% rating from the Human Right’s Campaign’s (HRC) Municipal Equality Index (MEI), an annual examination of policies relating to LGBTQ+ laws and cities in over 500 municipalities across the United States.