The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Liaison Un (LGBTLU) is a team of dited officers that foc on the public safety needs of the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and their allied muni. They nduct public tn mpaigns on issu related to hate crim and public safety. Their primary foc is to ga the tst of the muny and seek out rmatn that leads to the closure of hate crime and vlent crime wh the LGBT muny. They nduct patrol functns and rpond to all cizen plats.
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- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR LIAISON UN (LGBTLU)
- GAY AND LBIAN LIAISON OFFICERS
- GAY AND LBIAN LIAISON OFFICERS
- SAPOL GAY AND LBIAN LIAISON OFFICER NETWORK
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR LIAISON UN (LGBTLU)
* gay lesbian liaison officer *
The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Liaison Un (LGBTLU) is a team of dited officers that foc on the public safety needs of the gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and their allied muni. Contactg the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Liaison Un (LGBTLU). In support of the specific needs of the LGBTIQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex and Queer) Communy, SAPOL has tablished a work of GLLOs (Gay and Lbian Liaison Officers).
Victoria Police has over 450 LGBTIQ+ liaison officers (LLOs), servg as ntact pots for the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer muny.
You are here Gay and Lbian Liaison Officers.
GAY AND LBIAN LIAISON OFFICERS
The Atralian Feral Police’s Gay and Lbian Liaison Officer (GLLO) Network is a volunteer work which helps support dividuals and managers wh the Atralian Feral Police as well as members of the Lbian, Gay Bisexual Transgenr and Intersex (LGBTI) muny serv. As well as providg support operatnal matters, the officers also engage wh members of the public at muny events such as the annual Canberra SprgOUT Pri Ftival as well as attendg natnal events such as the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras.
Heterosexualy, Bisexualy, Homosexualy, and Pansexualy all fall unr the umbrella term of Allosexualy. G., a lbian n be an ally to a pansexual dividual, a gay male n be an ally to the bisexual muny). The assumptn that bisexual people are jt nial about beg gay or lbian.
This ually occurs through assumg that bisexualy is merely a transnal phase that gay and lbian people go through before g out, assumg that bisexuals are jt straight people that want attentn, or assumg that bisexual people are jt nfed about their sexualy. Gay: A term ed to scribe people who are emotnally, romantilly and sexually attracted to members of the same genr (homosexual). Gay Panic: A legal fense strategy which a heterosexual fendant claims an unwanted sexual advance om a homosexual person ed them to experience a temporary loss of ntrol, durg which time the heterosexual fendant mted a vlent crime agast the homosexual victim.
GAY AND LBIAN LIAISON OFFICERS
Homophobia: Aversn, prejudice, fear, or hatred of homosexual people. Homosexual: Refers to a person who experienc emotnal, romantic and sexual attractn towards members of the same genr. LGBTQ+: Acronym for “Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer/Qutng, Pl.
Edutn and TragA total of 75 officers pleted Gay Lbian Liaison Officer (GLLO) trag this year wh urs held Sydney, Goulburn and Newstle – drivg our mment to have more LGBTIQ+ Liaison officers regnal NSW. The vios ver genr and sexualy-based hate crime, relig based hate crime and race-based hate Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras In 2022, NSW Police Force Commissner Karen Webb, led the marchg ntgent the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras para, held at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The PRIDE Police mtee has also met twice already and planng is well unrway for participatn Sydney WorldPri 2023 and Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi mtee works alongsi the GLLO Advisory Commtee which meets at least 4 tim annually to provi advice and directn on the GLLO/ LGBTIQ+ program and related LGBTIQ+ portfol Stakeholr Foms:In September 2022, NSWPF hosted the first Wtern Regn GLLO/LGBTIQ+ Conference Broken Hill.
SAPOL GAY AND LBIAN LIAISON OFFICER NETWORK
The meetgs ntue to provi a valuable method of nsultatn and feedback for the NSWPF LGBTIQ on Sexualy, Genr Diversy and IntersexThrough nsultatn wh members of the Lbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and other sexually or genr diverse (LGBTIQ+) muni across NSW, the NSW Police Force veloped a strategy on Sexualy, Genr Diversy and Intersex, ntug s mment to workg partnership wh the muny. Wele Here ProjectThe NSWPF ntu to be a member of ACON’s Wele Here Project, promotg our mment to providg a welg and clive space for LGBTIQ+ people hundreds of statns across the Speakg and Conference PrentatnsFrom 31 January to Friday 3 Febary 2023, sixteen (16) GLLO/ LGBTIQ+ Liaison Officers travelled to Melbourne, Victoria, to participate the 3rd World LGBTIQ+ nference for Crimal Jtice for the first time Atralia, the nference brought police, amics and LGBTIQ+ muny members together om around the world to discs challeng, solutns, and worldwi iativ that provi the bt programs, rponse, and servic to the LGBTIQ+ of our very own LGBTIQ+ Liaison Officers speakg on the signifince of growth diversy wh the Parliamentary Inquiry on Gay and Transgenr Hate CrimThe Inquiry is tasked wh reviewg the manner and e of ath all unsolved spected sexualy-based hate crime aths New South Wal between 1970 and 2010, where the victim was a member of the LGBTIQ+ muni, and the ath was the subject of a prev vtigatn by the NSW Police quiry remas ongog.
SAPOL is reviewg the Gay and Lbian Liaison Officer program, monly known as are mted to providg servic that are accsible to all South Atralians, while beg clive our livery of those are rryg out this review to ensure the GLLO work is visible, clive and are also unrtakg a review of our trag to velop staff knowledge and to ensure a better unrstandg of issu and/or barriers faced by members of the LGBTIQA+ nductg our review, we want to hear om the muny so that we n better unrstand how we n enhance service livery through the GLLO work. Contribute to the velopment of mutual tst between police and LGBTIQ LGBTIQ Communy Advisory Report by South Atralia Rabow Advocy Alliance 2021 remend that SAPOL:Review the mol, implementatn and promotn of the SA Police Gay and Lbian Liaison Program (GLLO) nsultatn forms part of a review and reflects SAPOL’s mment to providg an clive volvedWho do we want to hear om?
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Police partments both major ci and smaller jurisdictns have ma signifint progrs meetg the service needs of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muni recent years through better trag and the provisn of culturally petent servic. This led to the chief llg Sergeant Brett Parson while he was on vatn to rm him that he had been reassigned and on his return would beg leadg the MPD’s Gay and Lbian Liaison Un, later renamed the LGBT Liaison Un.
“I was really, really aaid that my reputatn was gog to change om beg a good p who happened to be gay, to beg a gay p that ed to be a good p”.