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Exclusive: 1st openly transgender NYPD detective shares his story, challenges faced
ABC 7 NY
February 11, 2022

Ravi Satkalmi: NYC Pride excludes LGBTQ police officers. That's a setback for the cause of inclusion.
NBC NEWS
June 27, 2021

NYC Pride organizers called out by gay officers for banning police from parade: This is not 'inclusion'
FOX NEWS
June 25, 2021

#TogetherInPride: NYPD, Gay Officers Action League Highlight Progress For LGBTQIA+ Members
CBS NEW YORK
June 24, 2021

NYPD Detective reacts to the NYC Pride Parade banning uniformed cops from marching
MSNBC
June 24, 2021

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

Opinion: Let LGBTQ cops march in New York City’s pride parade
The Washington Post
May 23, 2021

Gay Officers Action League President Opposes Pride's Uniformed Law Enforcement Ban
NPR
May 22, 2021

The Pride Parade's Anti-Police Insult: A Gay NYPD Official Speaks Out
NY Daily News
May 20, 2021

Gay Pride Parade Discriminates Against Gay Cops: Demonizing an entire profession is not the shortest path to criminal justice reform
Reason
May 18, 2021

NYPD: Law Enforcement Banned From NYC Pride March, ‘Runs Counter To Our Shared Values Of Inclusion And Tolerance’
CBS New York
May 17, 2021

Decision to exclude gay police group from Pride parade is ‘hurtful and disappointing,’ top NYPD spox says
NY DAILY NEWS
May 16, 2021

Pride Parade organizers bar gay police officers’ group from marching in 2022 event
NY Daily News
May 14, 2021

Gay NYPD Officer Both Supporting and Securing Pride March
The Wall Street Journal
Jul 26, 2019

NYPD holds its Pride celebration, counterterrorism chief gets Ally Award
1010 Wins
Jul 12, 2019

How NYC police's relationship with LGBTQ+ community changed after Stonewall Uprising
ABC News
May 21, 2019

NYPD, Gay Officers Action League describe being discriminated against in powerful documentary
PIX 11
November 14, 2019

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

GOAL NY on Elvis Duran & The Morning Show Discuss 2018 National Police Week
Z-100 Elvis Duran & The Morning Show
May 15, 2018

Police rally for former SWAT officer who says he was harassed for being gay
PIX 11
February 27, 2018

Fellow officers rally for laid-off cop who says he was targeted for being gay
NJ.com
February 23, 2018

NYPD provides clear guidelines for how transgender cops can inform superiors of preferred pronouns, names
NY Daily News
June 22, 2017

NYPD gay officers group to honor ‘twerk cop’ Michael Hance who died of 9/11-linked cancer
NY Daily News
June 17, 2017

"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

GOAL NY invites Toronto Police Officers to march alongside NYPD in 2017 NYC Pride March
CP24
May 22, 2017

Newly promoted sergeant is a proud lesbian who calls the NYPD her second family
NY Daily News
May 14, 2017

GOAL NY live on Elvis Duran & The Morning Show
Z-100 Elvis Duran & The Morning Show
October 11, 2017

Gay NYPD Officer Who Came Out at City Hearing Honored in Street Renaming
DNA Info
June 17, 2016

At Pride Event, Police Move to Mend Bond With Gay New Yorkers
The New York Times
June 15, 2016

NYPD Groups Join Queens’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade In Solidarity With LGBT Members
Huff Post
February 02, 2016

Gay NYPD cops seek honor for hero sergeant who came out three decades ago
NY Daily News
September 16, 2013