The New England Gay Officers Actn League has more than 300 members and will celebrate s 25th anniversary this week.
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- CELEBRATG 25 YEARS WH THE NEW ENGLAND GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE
- ONCE THE SHADOWS, GAY POLICE NOW OUT AND PROUD
- NEW ENGLAND GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE OF AMERI INC. NEW ENGLAND GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE OF AMERI INC.
CELEBRATG 25 YEARS WH THE NEW ENGLAND GAY OFFICERS ACTN LEAGUE
BOSTON, Mass.—The Gay Officers Actn League (G.O.A.L.) New England—a group formed 1991 by four police officers—serv as a muny and social anizatn prised of prent and former crimal jtice, firefightg service, EMS and ary personnel. * gay officers action league new england *
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Imperso said the nstuency of the group is ma up of gay men and women as well as transgenr public safety profsnals, some of whom are out while others are not. On April 9, Judy Shepard joed the New England Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) Boston to liver the keynote addrs at the anizatn’s 25th anniversary celebratn.
ONCE THE SHADOWS, GAY POLICE NOW OUT AND PROUD
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“Twenty-five years later, the New England Gay Officers Actn League, or GOAL, has transformed ways none of those officers imaged durg that first fear-filled meetg.
The group, which now has more than 300 members, has traed dozens of police chiefs on how to treat gay officers their partments and has led police amy trags to help recs unrstand how to work wh gay victims.
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When gay marriage was beg bated Massachetts, members of GOAL said, they went to the State Hoe to ttify about the need to give partners of fallen gay officers the same benefs as those married to straight officers. Congratulatns to the officers, members and supporters of the New England Gay Officers Actn League for 25 years as an stutn of support, tn and advocy for LGBTQ+ people and issu New England. 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.
”Twenty-five years later, the New England Gay Officers Actn League, or GOAL, has transformed ways none of those officers imaged durg that first fear-filled meetg. When gay marriage was beg bated Massachetts, members of GOAL said, they went to the State Hoe to ttify about the need to give partners of fallen gay officers the same benefs as those married to straight Breakg News AlertsStay up-to-date wh important news velopments, livered right to your box. “That’s a pretty amazg step om beg my livg room wonrg if we were gog to make through this, ” said Horton, who is now puty chief for the Massachetts Bay Transportatn Authory Trans the group formed 1991, more than two s had passed sce the famo Stonewall rts New York, where gay men and women clashed vlently wh police prott of years of persecutn.