Contents:
- PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
- NYC PRI PARA BANS POLICE; GAY OFFICERS 'DISHEARTENED'
PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
That clus members of the Gay Officers Actn League, or GOAL, a aternal anizatn that was formed 1982 to addrs the needs of LGBTQ lled Herage of Pri's cisn "shameful, " and found s statement, which did not mentn GOAL by name, "moralizg" and "humanizg.
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NYC PRI PARA BANS POLICE; GAY OFFICERS 'DISHEARTENED'
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“Gay liberatn, ” she said, “meant revolutn. ” The monstrators left angry but clash between protters and police fillg social media, prsure rose on Herage of Pri to rce police volvement, cludg banng the Gay Officers Actn League, which routely receiv effive cheers durg the Pri march.
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