The FBU’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT+) sectn was set up by gay and lbian firefighters who are ‘out’ the workplace and felt they were a posn to help others wh the UK fire service. Wh the sectn’s 20-year existence, has achieved official regnn wh the FBU, as well as reprentg the FBU foms which were once untouched. It has tablished an extensive work to support and advise LGBT+ members who may feel isolated or harassed. The sectn’s aims are:
Contents:
- THE FIRE PARTMENT CLOSET: BEG GAY BUNKER GEAR
- BEG GAY THE FIREHOE
- HAPPY … AND GAY FIREFIGHTERS
- OPENLY GAY FF'S YOUR PARTMENT?
THE FIRE PARTMENT CLOSET: BEG GAY BUNKER GEAR
We are the Natnal EMS & Firefighters Pri Alliance (NEFPA) reprentg Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Firefighters and Emergency Medil Servic… * gay firefighter association *
We are the Natnal EMS & Firefighters Pri Alliance (NEFPA) reprentg Gay, Lbian, Bisexual and Transgenr Firefighters and Emergency Medil Service profsnals and volunteers. I am also gay and have been for over four s.
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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.
BEG GAY THE FIREHOE
I am a volunteer firefighter; I am also gay * gay firefighter association *
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. Behalf of all the members of the Gay Officers Actn League of New York, we thank everyone who has reached out over the last few Members and Friends, Sce Herage of Pri announced s cisn to ban GOAL om participatg Pri, we've been Journey 35 Years of GOALThe New York Cy Police Department (NYPD) has e a long way and we are proud to be a part of the posive chang.
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. 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 .
HAPPY … AND GAY FIREFIGHTERS
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 association *
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? Are you able to functn knowg you’re servg gay people? I’ve done my homework and spoken to several iends who are gay.
OPENLY GAY FF'S YOUR PARTMENT?
While the Supreme Court looks at gay marriage, Nozzlehead will take a closer look at "real" brotherhood and sisterhood behavrs when to LGBT issu the firehoe. * gay firefighter association *
When the few gay firefighters I know chose to e out to me, I treated their rmatn wh the utmost privacy and rpect–to the pot where I would say, “I don’t re whether you’re gay, jt get off your rear and go do your job. You’re obvly surround by some homophob who act like morons (or, que possibly, other gay firefighters who jt act this way orr to f ). When off duty, you n lead a happier life as a gay person wh your circle of iends.
And for those of you readg this, gettg all nervo, relax: Gay people normally don’t go around “htg” on someone they know is straight, jt like you ually don’t go around htg on someone who’s gay. Consir ntactg FireFLAG/EMS, a natnal peer support group for gay, lbian and bisexual firefighters, EMTs, paramedics and their iends. This past April, Corey Boyks, a gay FDNY firefighter, sued the anizatn on the grounds of discrimatn, reuntg stori where he had been told to sleep wh women, which might help “cure” his homosexualy.