Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) | New York

Contents:

• LESBIAN AND GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION – GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE
• THE COPS STANDG WH, AND FOR, THE GAY COMMUNI THEY SERVE
• GAY OFFICER’S ACTN LEAGUE
• ACER ABOUT USWHAT DO G.O.A.L. DO?THE MISSN OF THE GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE (GOAL) OF GREATER PHILALPHIA IS TO ADVOTE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF LGBTQ+ FIRST RPONRS AND ARY MEMBERS, HELP TE FIRST RPONRS LGBTQ+ PETENCY, AND PROVI MUNY OUTREACH TO ADVANCE RELATNS BETWEEN THE LGBTQ+ PUBLIC AND FIRST RPONR AGENCI. WE DO THIS A VARIETY OF WAYS. WE PROVI ADVICE AND REFERRALS, TEACH CLASS, HOLD SSNS, ATTEND MUNY EVENTS AND GIVE BACK TO THE MUNY. CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR MISSN ACTN!
• 37TH ANNIVERSARY AWARDS GALAMAY 03, 2019VIEW PHOTOSHOMEPAGEMOREUSE TAB TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MENU EMS.GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE
• GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE

LESBIAN AND GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION – GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE

The Lbian and Gay Police Associatn–Gay Officers Actn League (LGPA–GOAL) was found 1991 by four Chigo Police Officers: Mary Boyle, Dorothy Knudson, Sue Sasso, and Karen Conway, who felt that was time that lbian and gay police personnel had an anizatn of their own. Known those days as the “Lbian and Gay Police Associatn” (LGPA), the group’s origal purpose was to provi support for gay and lbian police officers, who were mostly closeted at the time.

THE COPS STANDG WH, AND FOR, THE GAY COMMUNI THEY SERVE

Among s many achievements, the LGPA—as was known between s foundg and 2005—sought and won the right to wear the Chigo Police Department (CPD) uniform annual Pri Paras; earned the right to post LGBT related notic the police bullet; fought agast ter-partmental discrimatn toward LGBT officers; earned the support of the Fraternal Orr of Police (FOP) Lodge for their sponsorship of the Pri Para float; worked wh the FOP and Cy attorneys to clu sexual orientatn a CPD ntract non-discrimatn clse; participated heargs on domtic partner benefs before the Chigo Cy Council; and supported the effort to brg the 2006 Gay Gam to Chigo.

The Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) was brought to Illois om New York 1995. In 2005, the origal LGPA merged wh GOAL; sce then the bed anizatn has been known as the Lbian and Gay Police Associatn–Gay Officers Actn League.

Sce the merger, addn to assistg the ordatn and sign of LGBT Trag Vios orr to te and ensure that CPD members are sensive to the cy’s LGBT muni and LGBT officers’ ncerns, the group has, among other thgs: supported and promoted the 2008 Osr-wng short documentary film “Freeheld;” worked wh the 2006 Gay Gam and provid volunteer secury officers for the event; provid meetgs, social events, and fundraisers for s members, cludg the annual Halsted Market Days booth and Pri Para float, where members participate wearg partment uniforms; worked on acquirg pensn plans for same-sex partners and spo; promoted and sponsored numero chary events supportg fellow officers; and supported LGPA–GOAL members agast unjt or discrimatory actns enuntered wh the workplace or elsewhere. LGPA–GOAL is th extremely well-tablished and highly regard as an important muny anizatn and rource, and is th more than worthy of ductn to the Chigo Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame.

GAY OFFICER’S ACTN LEAGUE

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. The Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL), is a first-of-s-kd anizatn that was formed 1982 to addrs the needs, issu, and ncerns of gay and lbian law enforcement personnel and has sce expand to a nonprof tax-exempt civil rights anizatn. (Augt 5, 1943–May 5, 2008) a sergeant of the New York Cy Police Department, who after liverg a public ttimony on anti-gay discrimatn legislatn pendg before the New York Cy Council, beme the first openly gay officer of the NYPD.

While the Gay Officers Actn League is a posive force wh the LGBTQ muny, is also stmental attemptg to change homophobic attus the workplace and the muny at large. But as the print of the force’s only LGBTQ aternal anizatn — the Gay Officers Actn League, or GOAL — his other role is to serve and support his brothers and sisters drsed blue … and rabows.

Gay police officers straddle two worlds: Outsi the force, they are sometim viewed wh spicn by their own kd. As part of the force, they’re navigatg the very stutn largely rponsible for the vlence that led to the morn gay rights movement.

ACER ABOUT USWHAT DO G.O.A.L. DO?THE MISSN OF THE GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE (GOAL) OF GREATER PHILALPHIA IS TO ADVOTE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF LGBTQ+ FIRST RPONRS AND ARY MEMBERS, HELP TE FIRST RPONRS LGBTQ+ PETENCY, AND PROVI MUNY OUTREACH TO ADVANCE RELATNS BETWEEN THE LGBTQ+ PUBLIC AND FIRST RPONR AGENCI. WE DO THIS A VARIETY OF WAYS. WE PROVI ADVICE AND REFERRALS, TEACH CLASS, HOLD SSNS, ATTEND MUNY EVENTS AND GIVE BACK TO THE MUNY. CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR MISSN ACTN!

In fact, the gay rights movement was born out of a rt agast the police.

In 1969, New York Cy officers raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club Greenwich Village, sparkg vlent protts and clash that lasted six days. And back then, as now, the stggle between beg both a p and a gay activist wasn’t easily renciled. “I’m very proud of beg a New York Cy policeman, and I’m equally proud of beg gay, ” he said to a stunned dience.

“It’s an ongog procs, y, but ’s important for the [gay muny] — which has this mentaly based on history that you n’t be both gay and a police officer — to see that there are gay ps out there. Before he joed the force 17 years ago, Locke was a social worker and director at the Gay and Lbian Anti-Vlence Project, where he vtigated s of police vlence agast the gay muny.

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On June 12, a few weeks before this year’s Pri Para, Downey stood at the ont of an dorium New York’s police headquarters for an annual event to honor the cy’s gay officers. Hundreds of gay ps and their straight alli were standg as the natnal anthem played. Even as recently as a few years ago, GOAL wasn’t allowed to hold Pri Month events, like the one this month to regnize their gay lleagu, at police headquarters.

Jam Tracy of the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, police partment, the abily to be openly gay while the police force is important to make those meangful chang.

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“Beg a p is tough, beg a gay p is tougher; beg a gay p havg to rema hidn for fear of losg the profsn they have chosen is not prehendible to me” – Chief David O’Malley, Retired, Laramie, Wyomg Police Department.

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. The Gay Officers Actn League shall:. Support active duty and retired Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (“LGBTQ”) law enforcement officers and other personnel of regnized law enforcement stutns,.

While the Gay Officers Actn League is a posive force wh the LGBTQ muny, is also stmental attemptg to change homophobic attus the workplace and the muny at large. Other anizatns created sce the start of GOAL clu: LGOPOA, At (Lbian Gay Peace Officers Associatn), TCOPS (Transgenr Communy of Police and Sheriffs), Public Safety Pri Alliance Utah, Servg Wh Pri Canada, San Francis Police Pri Alliance, MDGLEA (Maryland Gay Law Enforcement Associatn, Out to Protect. That's a setback for the e of NEWSJune 27, 2021Gay ps ‘disappoted’ by Pri’s law-enforcement banNY POSTJune 26, 2021LGBTQ Police Officers Derve a Place the NYC Pri MarchLA BLADEJune 26, 2021NYPD Gay Officers Unn Head Speaks Out Over Pri's Cop BanWCBS NEWS RADIO 880June 25, 2021NYPD officers speak out about beg siled Pri marchCNNJune 25, 2021NYC Pri anizers lled out by gay officers for banng police om para: This is not 'cln'FOX NEWSJune 25, 2021#TogetherInPri: NYPD, Gay Officers Actn League Highlight Progrs For LGBTQIA+ MembersCBS NEW YORKJune 24, 2021NYPD, GOAL Unveil Internal Effort to Foc on LGBTQ CommunyGAY CITY NEWSJune 24, 2021NYC Pri Ban On Police Uniforms Reflects TensnsASSOCIATED PRESS TELEVISION NEWSJune 24, 2021NYPD Detective reacts to the NYC Pri Para banng uniformed ps om marchgMSNBCJune 24, 2021LGBTQ ps want Pri anizers to 'stop seeg as the enemy'YAHOO!

A gay officer and NY para anizer talk through the falloutThe New York TimJune 9, 2021Op-Ed: Embrace InclnGay Cy NewsJune 3, 2021Why the LGBTQ muny siled police for PriABC NewsMay 29, 2021A Passnate Plea for—and Agast—Police at PriAdvoteMay 27, 2021Opn: Let LGBTQ ps march New York Cy’s pri paraThe Washgton PostMay 23, 2021Gay Officers Actn League Print Oppos Pri's Uniformed Law Enforcement BanNPRMay 22, 2021NYPD Pri March Ban: Hear From a Cop & an OrganizerNBC 4 New YorkMay 21, 2021The Pri Para's Anti-Police Insult: A Gay NYPD Official Speaks Out NY Daily NewsMay 20, 2021NYPD Sgt. Ana Arboleda of the Gay Officers Actn LeagueFOX 4 NYMay 20, 2021Gay Officers Actn League reacts to NYC Pri para banPIX 11May 20, 2021Gay Pri Para Discrimat Agast Gay Cops: Demonizg an entire profsn is not the shortt path to crimal jtice reformReasonMay 18, 2021A Misstep by the Organizers of PriThe New York TimMay 18, 2021Gay police group blasts NYC Pri for banng officers om eventsUSA TODAYMay 18, 2021NYPD: Law Enforcement Banned From NYC Pri March, ‘Runs Counter To Our Shared Valu Of Incln And Tolerance’CBS New YorkMay 17, 2021Police groups banned om NYC Pri eventsNY 1May 16, 2021Decisn to exclu gay police group om Pri para is ‘hurtful and disappotg, ’ top NYPD spox saysNY DAILY NEWSMay 16, 2021Cops banned om participatg NYC Pri eventsNY PostMay 15, 2021New York Cy Pri para anizers ban ps om marchg uniformNewsdayMay 15, 2021Pri Para anizers bar gay police officers’ group om marchg 2022 eventNY Daily NewsMay 14, 2021Gay NYPD Officer Both Supportg and Securg Pri MarchThe Wall Street JournalJul 26, 2019NYPD holds s Pri celebratn, unterterrorism chief gets Ally Award1010 WsJul 12, 2019How NYC police's relatnship wh LGBTQ+ muny changed after Stonewall UprisgABC NewsMay 21, 2019How a small group of LGBTQ ps changed the NYPD foreverNY PostDecember 18, 2018NYPD, Gay Officers Actn League scribe beg discrimated agast powerful documentaryPIX 11November 14, 2019An LGBT Group Is Changg the NYPD From WhAdvoteJuly 18, 2018Police at Pri?