Pride 2021
On behalf of the Out To Protect board of directors, Happy Pride! On June 28, 1969, New York Police raided a bar and ignited a riot that we remember every year during the month of June. The parades and marches …
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Remaining United as a Community and a Movement
I’m troubled by fractures I’m witnessing in the LGBT community where groups are pitting one against the other to the extent we are excluding groups from participating in events like pride. In the last six months, I’ve seen examples of …
The Answer Is Not Exclusion
As I prepare to conduct the orientation for our 100th Basic Police Academy class, I’m listening to news reports coming from Dallas about eleven police officers being shot by snipers, five of whom were killed. This all happened during a protest about …