New England Gay Officers Actn League of Ameri Inc. is a Charable Organizatn headquartered Boston, MA.
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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 *
—The Gay Officers Actn League (G. It is a support group for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr sworn public safety officers as well as civilian employe of feral, state and lol agenci.
[pullquote]It is a support group for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr sworn public safety officers as well as civilian employe of feral, state and lol agenci. 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.
“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. 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.
ONCE THE SHADOWS, GAY POLICE NOW OUT AND PROUD
The New England Gay Officers Actn League has more than 300 members and will celebrate s 25th anniversary this week. * gay officers action league new england *
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. But was still dangero for a police officer to e out as gay. There were acunts of ps who asked for backup on a dangero ll and received none bee they were believed to be gay.
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“I really firmly believed that if anyone found out that they were gog to kill me, ” said their support work embolned 1991, Horton had told his chief he was gay and was surprised to get not only his support, but the support of olr officers on the force. He reapplied 1991 and told the hirg mtee he was gay. He retired om the partment Simmons me out to her superrs, she began visg other partments to te officers on how to teract wh gay victims and lleagu.
When the Boston police missner requted wrg that she e to the amy full uniform, her supervisors refed aga, Simmons eventually filed a lawsu agast one of her supervisors, a litenant lonel who was also acced of makg disparagg ments about gay plat, along wh a strg of others, railed the litenant lonel’s efforts to bee missner. Officer Ken Watson, one of Horton’s lleagu Northampton, went wh Horton and his boyiend to a gay pri rally Boston. A few days later, Watson disvered a pk triangle, a symbol once ed by Nazis to intify gay ncentratn mp prisoners, affixed to his pickup tck.
”On Saturday, the anizatn celebrated s 25th anniversary at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, where the keynote speaker was Judy Shepard, the mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old llege stunt who was killed Wyomg 1998 by two men believed to be motivated by homophobia. Organizers of the annual Boston Pri Para announced they had rcd their vatn to Anthony Imperso, a Woburn police officer, to serve as para marshal after he ma “some offensive ments” onle about a Black Liv Matter rs are typilly part of the pri para, a stark ntrast to s ago when gay officers uld not march such ralli uniform.