Tensns between LGBTQ ps and Pri anizers are g to a head many ci this year,. Here, LGBTQ police share their stori. “I’m proud to be a member of NYPD," says one, "but equally proud to be gay."
Contents:
- PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
- COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
- THE COPS STANDG WH, AND FOR, THE GAY COMMUNI THEY SERVE
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR LIAISON UN (LGBTLU)
PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
Sce 1982, the Gay Officers Actn League has moved to bridge the divis between themselv and the people they’re sworn to protect. * gay police department *
Reports n be found across the Uned Stat of police allegedly g excsive force agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.
The multiday prott — wily nsired a pivotal turng pot the morn gay rights movement — was triggered by a police raid on the popular Stonewall Inn gay bar. History, police officers were bound to enforce explicly anti-gay laws — om lol measur outlawg men om “impersonatg a female” to the wispread crimalizatn of same-sex sexual activy.
COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
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THE COPS STANDG WH, AND FOR, THE GAY COMMUNI THEY SERVE
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. * gay police department *
She poted to a study published by the Williams Instute May that found lbian, gay, bisexual and queer people are six tim more likely than the general public to be stopped by police (data about transgenr dividuals were not available the datasets analyzed).
The bans have been divisive, even wh the LGBTQ muny — and particularly among openly gay police officers. Prr to the start of this trag, negative attus about the LGBTQ muny were reportedly pervasive wh the partment: In 1996, durg a retrag of veteran officers, a word associatn exercise asked for rpons to the word “gays.
Gtavo Alvarez, a gay rint of Palo Alto, California, settled his lawsu agast s police partment after accg of vlatg his civil rights, rultg a settlement that clud a $572, 500 payout and a one-off two hours of mandatory LGBTQ-awarens trag for all police officers the partment.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR LIAISON UN (LGBTLU)
“There was no secret that he was gay, and the officers fely ed that as a way to mean him their prr ntacts wh him and also durg this ntact.