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Contents:
- THE FIRE PARTMENT CLOSET: BEG GAY BUNKER GEAR
- FIREMAN CLAIMS HE WAS REMOVED OM ELE UN AFTER LLEAGU BRAND HIM ‘GAY,’ HARASSED HIM
- GAY FIREFIGHTER ‘PRETEND TO HAVE A GIRLIEND’ TO HI HIS SEXUALY OM LLEAGU
- BEG GAY THE FIREHOE
- OPENLY GAY FF'S YOUR PARTMENT?
- HAPPY … AND GAY FIREFIGHTERS
- GAY FIREFIGHTER OUT OF CLOSET; -WORKERS SAY THEY KNEW ALREADY
- THE GAY BATHHOE FIRE OF 1977
THE FIRE PARTMENT CLOSET: BEG GAY BUNKER GEAR
I am a volunteer firefighter; I am also gay * gay firefighter *
I am also gay and have been for over four s. To be both gay and uniform is not a betrayal; ’s hope that maybe one day we n fally get beyond this bullsh assumptn that the world n be divid to "" and "them. In 2003, his partment (for whom he had worked for 13 years and was both their senr officer and field trag officer) found out that he was gay and fired him immediately.
FIREMAN CLAIMS HE WAS REMOVED OM ELE UN AFTER LLEAGU BRAND HIM ‘GAY,’ HARASSED HIM
* gay firefighter *
On June 12, 2016 a gunman opened fire on a gay nightclub Florida. But more relevant than that, on May 28, 2016, the Philalphia chapter of the Gay Officers Actn League was asked to rign as the grand marshals of that cy’s Gay Pri para. The gay muny Philalphia circulated a wildly popular petn clarg the police to be the enemy of the gay muny and mandg they be removed om what is supposed to be a celebratn of uny.
But overlooks an sential tth: To be both gay and uniform is not a betrayal of eher. A black FDNY rookie says he was “terrified” that a fellow firefighter would rape him after a homoerotic hazg by naked Bravt, explosive urt papers reveal.
Sprgs and three other probi h out of the Fire Amy were hered to the gym where firefighter Peter Grillo “gave me an aggrsive ph” and whispered, “This hoe is really gay, ” Sprgs said.
GAY FIREFIGHTER ‘PRETEND TO HAVE A GIRLIEND’ TO HI HIS SEXUALY OM LLEAGU
A gay firefighter admted he felt he need to pretend to have a girliend the past to hi his sexualy om lleagu. * gay firefighter *
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A firefighter claims his dreams of beg on an ele FDNY rcue squad were cshed when his -workers began spectg he is gay. Jason Johnson, 40, a former Natnal Guardsman, says his Manhattan feral lawsu filed Monday that he ma to a Special Operatns Command un 2016, only to be kicked off the team several months later followg a bizarre crotch-grabbg cint while ridg a firetck, which rulted Johnson beg brand as “gay.
BEG GAY THE FIREHOE
Nozzlehead offers advice to a gay firefighter who’s surround by cel -workers and isn’t sure if they should e out about their sexualy. * gay firefighter *
“For the remar of the ri, Ribisi and another firefighter ma repeated disparagg remarks about Johnson’s perceived homosexual orientatn, sayg excedly, ‘You’re gay, you’re gay, we have nfirmatn! After Johnson posted a vio on Facebook of himself standg on a street “which happened to have a rabow flag the background, ” he was subjected to discrimatory ments cludg, “Now we have official nfirmatn he is gay, ” and “’s your birthday and you’re a homo. When Johnson ate salads, his -workers would say, “only gay guys would orr salad.
OPENLY GAY FF'S YOUR PARTMENT?
When he arrived at work sweaty om joggg or bikg to work, his Squad 18 firefighters would make snarky ments, such as “Did you n through wt village to say hi to your gay iends? A gay firefighter wh the FDNY is sug the cy of New York and a former chief diversy officer for antigay harassment and Boyks is seekg an apology and unspecified damag a plat filed the Brooklyn Supreme Court. Dari Dorsett, the partment's chief diversy officer at the time, explaed how gay men had been "cured" of their sexual inty and suggted he have sex wh both men and women.
Basilly beg gay was a choice, havg sex is about procreatn, " Boyks said of his thoughts when meetg wh also alleged "hand diagrams" were ed durg the nversatn to expla heterosexual terurse.
"Boyks said he was willg to accept some ribbg the rough and tumble dynamics of a firehoe, but he took a stand when antigay slurs were directed at him specifilly. Firefighter Nick Couch once felt that he need to pretend he had a girliend to hi the fact that he is gay. A gay firefighter admted he felt he need to pretend to have a girliend the past to hi his sexualy om lleagu.
HAPPY … AND GAY FIREFIGHTERS
Nick Couch, a firefighter based at the Honon Fire Statn, spoke openly a vio about his past and prent experienc as a gay man workg for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rcue Service. Couch, who has been a firefighter for 24 years, relled how he knew he was gay om a young age.
GAY FIREFIGHTER OUT OF CLOSET; -WORKERS SAY THEY KNEW ALREADY
He believed he had to my “ready myself” to be able to tell his lleagu and loved on that he was gay. “I’d like to thk that everybody liked me on statn – and then to e out and say to everybody that I was gay – I didn’t want them to thk any differently of me, ” Couch said. Dear Nozzlehead: I’m a gay firefighter and I am wrought wh pa.
The problem is that my brother and sister firefighters don’t know, and they’re so cel their remarks about gay people.
THE GAY BATHHOE FIRE OF 1977
We ver a cy that has a large gay populatn, and they hate all GLBT (gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr) people–the same people who pay our salari–and they would probably hate me if they found out.
They e the word “gay” as an sult all the time, as well as much worse words, and while they see them as jt words, they don’t get . Now before I go on, I should say that I’m not fully qualified to discs this subject bee I’m not gay. I do have several gay iends (and possibly more whom I don’t know about) and am never shy to be around them.
As for you “haters, ” you’re probably the wrong le of bs, reer or volunteer, bee one day, one way or another, you’ll rpond and help a gay person and then what are you gog to do when your iends fd out? Maybe as a firefighter, you don’t like gay people but are willg to help anyone. Are you able to functn knowg you’re workg wh gay firefighters?