This week John Fenoglio, Scout executive with the Mount Diablo Silverado Council in Northern California, overturned the recommendations of an Eagle Award Council’s recommendation to award Ryan Andresen the Eagle Scout status he rightfully earned because Andresen “came out” as …

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October 9, 2012 (Santa Rosa, California). We congratulate Chief Chris Moore of the San Jose, California Police Department on his leadership and support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender law enforcement professionals serving the City of San Jose.  This …

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You shouldn’t need a special day to “come out” and starting living your life as you were created to be, but just in case, October 11, 2012 is your next opportunity!  The first National Coming Out Day was declared in …

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I think I may have become too confident about law enforcement’s evolution around understanding and accepting LGBT colleagues. I would have thought that with those serving our communities with a charge of upholding the Constitution by being objective, fair, and …

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