Correctnal officer dgged, sexually asslted gay prisoner, lawsu says

Contents:

• FERAL JUDGE L AGAST GAY PRISON OFFICERS DISCRIMATN LAWSU
• CORRECTNAL OFFICER DGGED, SEXUALLY ASSLTED GAY PRISONER, LAWSU SAYS
• PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
• GAY CORRECTNS OFFICER ALLEG RETALIATN FOR FILG SU
• “A GAY OFFICER CGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”
• GAY CORRECTNAL OFFICER TO MARCH UNIFORM AT PRI AFTER STATE OFFICIALS RCD DECISN

FERAL JUDGE L AGAST GAY PRISON OFFICERS DISCRIMATN LAWSU

A feral judge on Friday dismissed a lawsu brought by two gay rrectns officers who alleged they were discrimated agast bee of their genr and sexual years, Officer Michelle Wood was tnted and lled meang and homophobic nam, nied promotn, and subjected to a seri of discrimatory and retaliatory ternal vtigatns after she plaed about her treatment, the lawsu 's partner, Sgt. Roberts noted that Wood said a supervisor had repeatedly exprsed his disgt wh homosexuals and she had been lled rogatory nam, cludg "dyke. "More:Gay uple workg Michigan prison sue over discrimatnMore:Michigan Correctns Department downplays s own report on need prison repairsThose allegatns uld support a hostile work environment claim, but Wood uld not show she ever plaed about those cints, Roberts she was nied promotns, the Correctns Department was able to show a nondiscrimatory reason, Roberts said.

” On a rooftop at the end of the day, after some drks, he lled home and told his father that he was gay. So I uld see the Herage of Pri para as this thg for whe gay men, mcly, glter.

“Gay liberatn, ” she said, “meant revolutn.

CORRECTNAL OFFICER DGGED, SEXUALLY ASSLTED GAY PRISONER, LAWSU SAYS

” The monstrators left angry but clash between protters and police fillg social media, prsure rose on Herage of Pri to rce police volvement, cludg banng the Gay Officers Actn League, which routely receiv effive cheers durg the Pri march. ” The board did not tell members about the cisn or ask for a the Gay Officers Actn League learned about the g policy, pre-empted Herage of Pri wh s own statement llg the ban “shameful. “My God, what a bate over this, ” said Andy Humm, a longtime -host of “Gay USA, ” a TV news program.

In the past week, he told them, he had received onle msag of hate nsistently om whe gay men, to the extent that his fay feared for his safety. Fisher, who had lled for the vote of no Downey, print of the gay officers group, said he felt “betrayed” by the ban, pecially bee the officers “put so much of themselv on the choppg block” by workg to change practic and attus wh their partments. LANSING — A Michigan prison officer says she was forced to qu her job over employee harassment that targeted her bee she is gay and put her at heightened risk of sexual vlence.

Separately, the same officer referred to her g a rogatory term ed agast gay women, promptg siar mockg and sexually threateng remarks om prisoners, who were wh earshot, the su alleg. Sweeps Perd 2019 begs wh a fascatg Interview Show wh Officer Ron Odn, a retired, Gay Prison Guard who worked a State Penentiary Santa Fe, New Mexi for 24 years. Officer Ron tells of his experienc the Trag Amy and how he was treated, and tells stori of what is was like to be a gay man this ttosterone-fueled climate.

PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.

Boyd, who began workg at the Coll County jail January, alleg that April, he overheard two nurs workg at the facily e a gay slur to refer to mat. After Boyd, who’s openly gay, told the nurs the slur was offensive, one of them began to harass him, which he said “created a hostile and unsafe environment … the prence of potentially vlent or sexually aggrsive mat.

Boyd said he believ the anti-gay discrimatn he suffered is pervasive Coll County ernment. He poted to the se of the unty’s former teen urt ordator, Jt Nichols, who was removed om his posn after missners learned he was gay 2008. Texas has no statewi law prohibg anti-gay job bias, but based on longstandg legal precent, LGBT ernment employe are vered unr the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protectn.

GAY CORRECTNS OFFICER ALLEG RETALIATN FOR FILG SU

This is what is like to be a closeted gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr member of law enforcement.

The Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) was formed 1982 New York to addrs the needs, issu, and ncerns of gay and lbian law enforcement personnel. Out To Protect is an anizatn that was created to spread awarens of the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr profsnals currently workg law enforcement, out or not. The lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr natnal hotle is a nonprof anizatn that provis support via telephone, onle chat, or email.

Philly, the first LGBT liaison for the sheriff’s office Philalphia, and the only openly gay sheriff Philalphia, who go above and beyond the ll of duty to ensure trag is beg done to make better for the LGBT muny Philalphia wh their teractns wh Law Enforcement. I’ve never agreed wh the ncept of g out, I always said well if straight people don’t have to e out and say hey I’m straight why do I need to e out and say hey I’m gay… why n’t I live my life as eely as my straight unterparts. “Comg Out From Behd The Badge is a llectn of books about g out as lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr while workg law enforcement, the fire service, and EMS profsn.

“A GAY OFFICER CGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”

Instead he cid to share his story and create rourc for other LGBT officers and cid to beg workg wh law enforcement profsnals who still stggle wh the homophobia that still exists policg. Law enforcement personnel who are gay, lbian, or bisexual have to have another kd of urage to be succsful a largely nservative and often tim homophobic profsn.

” But even law enforcement officers need good role mols to be succsful and this is particularly important for current or aspirg law enforcement officers who happen to be gay, lbian, or bisexual. Law enforcement as a whole needs strong gay, lbian, and bisexual personnel to be out at work orr to rrect the misrmatn, misperceptns, and fns of what means have a sexual orientatn other than heterosexual. The police service has e a long way, as did society, but obvly there is more to be done if officers are still not nfint g out and still fear that homophobia still exists wh the ranks.

This anizatn and the rourc provid pav the way for more officers to be open about their sexualy which turn will no longer be unual or unmon to have an openly gay senr police officer or high-rankg boss.

GAY CORRECTNAL OFFICER TO MARCH UNIFORM AT PRI AFTER STATE OFFICIALS RCD DECISN

“We now have transgenr police officers that want to live out and openly as transgenr police officers, and they have brought their unique experience on this job, ” said Detective Brian Downey, the print of the Gay Officers Actn League, or GOAL.

So at this pot you’re probably wonrg where I am gog wh this and how do this relate to the liv and culture of LGBT police officers… Well, ’s no secret that many police partments end up unr scty for issu regardg discrimatn, homophobia, racism, and sexism. In lson 6 we learned about the Stonewall rts and what happened when police raid gay bars and the muny fally took a stand.