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Exclusive: 1st openly transgender NYPD detective shares his story, challenges faced

ABC 7 NY

February 11, 2022

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NYPD Pushes to Recruit LGBTQ Officers

NBC 4 New York

October 6, 2021

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Sidelined in this year's Pride March, NYPD officers speak out

CNN

June 27, 2021

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Ravi Satkalmi: NYC Pride excludes LGBTQ police officers. That's a setback for the cause of inclusion.

NBC NEWS

June 27, 2021

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Gay cops ‘disappointed’ by Pride’s law-enforcement ban

NY POST

June 26, 2021

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LGBTQ Police Officers Deserve a Place in the NYC Pride March

LA BLADE

June 26, 2021

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NYPD Gay Officers Union Head Speaks Out Over Pride's Cop Ban

WCBS NEWS RADIO 880

June 25, 2021

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NYPD officers speak out about being sidelined in Pride march

CNN

June 25, 2021

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NYC Pride organizers called out by gay officers for banning police from parade: This is not 'inclusion'

FOX NEWS

June 25, 2021

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#TogetherInPride: NYPD, Gay Officers Action League Highlight Progress For LGBTQIA+ Members

CBS NEW YORK

June 24, 2021

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NYPD, GOAL Unveil Internal Effort to Focus on LGBTQ Community

GAY CITY NEWS

June 24, 2021

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NYC Pride Ban On Police Uniforms Reflects Tensions

ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEVISION NEWS

June 24, 2021

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NYPD Detective reacts to the NYC Pride Parade banning uniformed cops from marching

MSNBC

June 24, 2021

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LGBTQ cops want Pride organizers to 'stop seeing us as the enemy'

YAHOO!

June 24, 2021

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Should Cops Be Banned From Pride?

YR MEDIA

June 23, 2021

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The Role Of The Police In Pride

1A WAMU NPR

June 23, 2021

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Who's Pride is it anyway?
The decision to bar uniform police officers has drawn cheers- and criticism. A gay officer and NY parade organizer talk through the fallout

The New York Times

June 9, 2021

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Op-Ed: Embrace Inclusion

Gay City News

June 3, 2021

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Why the LGBTQ community sidelined police for Pride

ABC News

May 29, 2021

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A Passionate Plea for—and Against—Police at Pride

Advocate

May 27, 2021

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Opinion: Let LGBTQ cops march in New York City’s pride parade

The Washington Post

May 23, 2021

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Gay Officers Action League President Opposes Pride's Uniformed Law Enforcement Ban

NPR

May 22, 2021

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NYPD Pride March Ban: Hear From a Cop & an Organizer

NBC 4 New York

May 21, 2021

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The Pride Parade's Anti-Police Insult: A Gay NYPD Official Speaks Out 

NY Daily News

May 20, 2021

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NYPD Sgt. Ana Arboleda of the Gay Officers Action League

FOX 4 NY

May 20, 2021

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Gay Officers Action League reacts to NYC Pride parade ban

PIX 11

May 20, 2021

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Gay Pride Parade Discriminates Against Gay Cops: Demonizing an entire profession is not the shortest path to criminal justice reform

Reason

May 18, 2021

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A Misstep by the Organizers of Pride

The New York Times

May 18, 2021

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Gay police group blasts NYC Pride for banning officers from events

USA TODAY

May 18, 2021

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NYPD: Law Enforcement Banned From NYC Pride March, ‘Runs Counter To Our Shared Values Of Inclusion And Tolerance’

CBS New York

May 17, 2021

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Police groups banned from NYC Pride events

NY 1

May 16, 2021

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Decision to exclude gay police group from Pride parade is ‘hurtful and disappointing,’ top NYPD spox says

NY DAILY NEWS

May 16, 2021

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Cops banned from participating in NYC Pride events

NY Post

May 15, 2021

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New York City Pride parade organizers ban cops from marching in uniform

Newsday

May 15, 2021

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Pride Parade organizers bar gay police officers’ group from marching in 2022 event

NY Daily News

May 14, 2021

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Gay NYPD Officer Both Supporting and Securing Pride March

The Wall Street Journal

Jul 26, 2019

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NYPD holds its Pride celebration, counterterrorism chief gets Ally Award

1010 Wins

Jul 12, 2019

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How NYC police's relationship with LGBTQ+ community changed after Stonewall Uprising

ABC News

May 21, 2019

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How a small group of LGBTQ cops changed the NYPD forever

NY Post

December 18, 2018

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NYPD, Gay Officers Action League describe being discriminated against in powerful documentary

PIX 11

November 14, 2019

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An LGBT Group Is Changing the NYPD From Within

Advocate

July 18, 2018

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Police at Pride? Gay cops, LGBTQ activists struggle to see eye-to-eye

NBC News

June 23, 2018

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NYPD outlines security for NYC Pride March

NY 1

June 22, 2018

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The Cops Standing With, and for, the Gay Communities They Serve

Nation Swell

June 22, 2018

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NYPD Honors 9/11 Hero Whose Health Is Deteriorating

NBC 4 New York

June 13, 2018

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Auxiliary officer who got cancer after responding as a civilian to Ground Zero honored at NYPD gay pride event

NY Daily News

June 13, 2018

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GOAL NY on Elvis Duran & The Morning Show Discuss 2018 National Police Week

Z-100 Elvis Duran & The Morning Show

May 15, 2018

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GOAL’s Marathon for Acceptance in the NYPD

Gay City News

May 09, 2018