Gay officers action league

Gay Officers Action League The Gay Officers Action League was founded in to address the needs of Gay and Lesbian Criminal Justice Professionals. At the time, GOAL's vice president called the move "shameful.

Story by Derick Waller. The mission of the Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) of Greater Philadelphia is to advocate for and on behalf of LGBTQ+ first responders and military members, help educate first responders in LGBTQ+ competency, and provide community outreach to advance relations between the LGBTQ+ public and first responder agencies.

GOAL wants to participate in the March while wearing their full police uniforms, which means carrying concealed firearms. The police commissioner is standing alongside GOAL on the uniform disagreement. GOAL members include active and retired uniformed and civilian Criminal Justice Professionals employed in the Greater New York City Area.

She called on organizers to reconsider and let GOAL march in uniform. You have to deal with us," he said. Heritage of Pride, the nonprofit that organizes NYC Pride, says that goes against the weapon policy for the Pride March and offered a compromise — letting GOAL march in uniform but without carrying their service weapons.

Gay Officers Action League : Since , uniformed officers, including the Gay Officers Action League, or GOAL, have been banned from marching in the official Pride March

You're not going to erase us. Thank You On behalf of all the members of the Gay Officers Action League of New York, we thank everyone who has reached out over the last few weeks. Saturday, Tisch wrote a letter addressed to the Heritage of Pride co-chairssaying letting GOAL members march in uniform but not letting them carry their firearms is "not a solution," but "a PR stunt.

Downey said GOAL members participated in the March in the early '80s, then when the NYPD formally recognized the group in the mid '90s, they began proudly marching in uniform.