Cynthia Germanotta, mother of Lady Gaga, was a special guest speaker at the Garden State Equality’s Legends 2011

At the Jersey City Hyatt Regency in Jersey City on Saturday, June 25, 2011.

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.
* The Rev. Bruce Davidson, who received the Loretta Weinberg Prize for Lifetime Achievement;