Contents:
- “A GAY OFFICER CGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”
- LESBIAN AND GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION – GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE
- GAY AND LBIAN COPS: DIVERSY AND EFFECTIVE POLICG
“A GAY OFFICER CGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”
Reports n be found across the Uned Stat of police allegedly g excsive force agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. The multiday prott — wily nsired a pivotal turng pot the morn gay rights movement — was triggered by a police raid on the popular Stonewall Inn gay bar. History, police officers were bound to enforce explicly anti-gay laws — om lol measur outlawg men om “impersonatg a female” to the wispread crimalizatn of same-sex sexual activy.
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She poted to a study published by the Williams Instute May that found lbian, gay, bisexual and queer people are six tim more likely than the general public to be stopped by police (data about transgenr dividuals were not available the datasets analyzed). The bans have been divisive, even wh the LGBTQ muny — and particularly among openly gay police officers. Prr to the start of this trag, negative attus about the LGBTQ muny were reportedly pervasive wh the partment: In 1996, durg a retrag of veteran officers, a word associatn exercise asked for rpons to the word “gays.
LESBIAN AND GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION – GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE
Gtavo Alvarez, a gay rint of Palo Alto, California, settled his lawsu agast s police partment after accg of vlatg his civil rights, rultg a settlement that clud a $572, 500 payout and a one-off two hours of mandatory LGBTQ-awarens trag for all police officers the partment.
“There was no secret that he was gay, and the officers fely ed that as a way to mean him their prr ntacts wh him and also durg this ntact. In New York Cy — where LGBTQ trag is provid by the Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) for both new recs and veteran officers — Cummgs wants the police missner to be a civilian and lgs om the Civilian Complat Review Board, the NYPD’s oversight agency, be bdg.
“Across the board systemic racism and homophobia is play wh policg, so go beyond trag and budget. Weakeng muny tst: A recent study of gay and bisexual intified men found that 40% believed that ntactg the police rponse to a vlent cint om an timate partner would be unhelpful or very unhelpful, and 59% believed that the police would be ls helpful to a gay or bisexual man than to a heterosexual woman the same suatn.
GAY AND LBIAN COPS: DIVERSY AND EFFECTIVE POLICG
One that is gettg more attentn is the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer or Qutng (LGBTQ) muny.
Fom member William Shepard of the New York Cy Police Department (NYPD), who is also a member of the Gay Officers Actn League New York (GOAL NY), poted out that simply “changg photos, puttg genr on the paperwork, and creatg foms for discsn has created a good cril mass of transgenr people jog the police partment. Pictured: The Gay Officers Actn League New York (GOAL NY) participatg the New York Cy Pri March 2014. In 2016, then Chief Eddie Garcia and his staff veloped a recment mpaign that clud posters and vios featurg same-sex partners wh a msage signed to ronate wh lbian and gay dividuals.