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GOAL speaks out after NYPD cop voices anti-gay slur in viral video

Gay City News

November 2, 2023

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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

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Police rally for former SWAT officer who says he was harassed for being gay

PIX 11

February 27, 2018

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Fellow officers rally for laid-off cop who says he was targeted for being gay

NJ.com

February 23, 2018

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New York’s Police Department Gets Real Gay for Pride

Hornet

June 23, 2017

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NYPD provides clear guidelines for how transgender cops can inform superiors of preferred pronouns, names

NY Daily News

June 22, 2017

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Gay Officer's Action League Pride Celebration held in NYC

ABC 7 New York

June 21, 2017

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NYPD set to make transition easier for transgender cops

NY Post

June 21, 2017

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NYPD gay officers group to honor ‘twerk cop’ Michael Hance who died of 9/11-linked cancer

NY Daily News

June 17, 2017

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"Let's not take away from the courage of a transgender police officer on the job" - Brian Downey

The John Oakley Show

May 23, 2017

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GOAL NY invites Toronto Police Officers to march alongside NYPD in 2017 NYC Pride March

CP24

May 22, 2017

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Newly promoted sergeant is a proud lesbian who calls the NYPD her second family

NY Daily News

May 14, 2017

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GOAL NY live on Elvis Duran & The Morning Show

Z-100 Elvis Duran & The Morning Show

October 11, 2017

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Transgender on the Force

The New York Times

August 05, 2016

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LGBT members of the NYPD proudly march during annual Pride Parade

PIX 11

June 26, 2016

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A Cop Who Really Was New York’s Finest

Gay City News

June 23, 2016

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NYPD shows support for gay pride with new-look patrol SUV

NY Post

June 22, 2016

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A Gay Officer Caught Between Two Worlds

The Wall Street Journal

June 21, 2016

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NYC renames intersection for policeman who founded LGBT group

PIX 11

June 17, 2016

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Gay NYPD Officer Who Came Out at City Hearing Honored in Street Renaming

DNA Info

June 17, 2016

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A Day Of Pride at NYPD Headquarters

The Wall Street Journal

June 15, 2016

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At Pride Event, Police Move to Mend Bond With Gay New Yorkers

The New York Times

June 15, 2016

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NYPD Groups Join Queens’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade In Solidarity With LGBT Members

Huff Post

February 02, 2016

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Sam Ciccone, a Champion of Gay Police Officers, Dies at 71

The New York Times

May 17, 2015

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Gay NYPD cops seek honor for hero sergeant who came out three decades ago

NY Daily News

September 16, 2013

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NYPD officer appears to use homophobic slur on police car speaker

NBC NEWS

November 2, 2023

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GOAL speaks out after NYPD cop voices anti-gay slur in viral video

Gay City News

November 2, 2023

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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

shea.jpg

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

Re78c96b3ab3d8b46ca3a9ef55e30233c.jpg

The Role Of The Police In Pride

1A WAMU NPR

June 23, 2021

nypd-helmet-rainbow-patch-768x518.jpg

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

imrs.webp

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

The Washington Post

May 23, 2021

OIP.jpg

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