Sce 1982, the Gay Officers Actn League has moved to bridge the divis between themselv and the people they’re sworn to protect.
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- GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GOAL, THE GAY P CLUB BOOTED OM NYC PRI
- THE COPS STANDG WH, AND FOR, THE GAY COMMUNI THEY SERVE
- POLICE: GUNMAN KILLS 5 AT GAY CLUB, IS SUBDUED BY PATRONS
- COLORADO LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: 5 AD, 25 HURT ATTACK AT GAY CLUB, POLICE SAY
- ALLEGED RGLEAR GAY CLUB DGGG ATHS POLICE CTODY: SOURC
- VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL
GUNMAN KILLED 5 AT COLORADO SPRGS GAY CLUB BEFORE BEG SUBDUED BY PATRONS, POLICE SAY
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Jared Polis, a Democrat and the natn’s first openly gay ernor, issued a statement Sunday llg the attack “horrific, sickeng and vastatg” and offered state rourc to lol law enforcement.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GOAL, THE GAY P CLUB BOOTED OM NYC PRI
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THE COPS STANDG WH, AND FOR, THE GAY COMMUNI THEY SERVE
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POLICE: GUNMAN KILLS 5 AT GAY CLUB, IS SUBDUED BY PATRONS
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Jared Polis, who beme the first openly gay man the Uned Stat to be elected ernor 2018, lled the shootg "sickeng.
COLORADO LGBTQ NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: 5 AD, 25 HURT ATTACK AT GAY CLUB, POLICE SAY
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ALLEGED RGLEAR GAY CLUB DGGG ATHS POLICE CTODY: SOURC
Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who 2018 beme the first openly gay man the untry to be elected as a ernor, lled the shootg a "sensels act of evil. Dpe the group’s s of activism wh the Big Apple’s LGBT muny, the Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) has been shunned and exclud om New York Cy Pri events for at least the next four years. From s nceptn, GOAL–a non-prof civil rights anizatn found 1982 by Charl Henry Cochrane Jr., the first openly gay NYPD officer–stggled for acceptance the NYPD.
GOAL started wh the missn to elimate discrimatn and employment termatn of gay police officers due to their sexualy.
VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL
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