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The president of the New York Police Department s Gay Officers Action League called the New York City Pride Parade’s Saturday decision to ban law enforcement from the festivities shameful. Their response to activist pressure is to take the low road by preventing their fellow community members from celebrating their identities and honoring the shared legacy of the Stonewall Riots, Detective Brian Downey said in a Friday statement that preceded the one from NYC Pride.
He said it was demoralizing that the event s organizers didn t refer to the league by name in its announcement, referring to us only as ‘Law Enforcement Exhibitors.’ The label is not only offensive but dehumanizing for our members.
NEW YORK â A group of gay police officers is barred from marching in next yearâs annual Pride parade, the police organizationâs leaders said Friday..
New York City Pride has told the New York Police Departmentâs Gay Officers Action League it is not welcome in the parade, said Detective Brian Downey, president of the police group.
NYC Pride had been expected to announce the Gay Officers Action Leagueâs exclusion from the parade early next week.
But GOAL pre-empted that announcement by issuing a news release on Friday night â and it referred to parts of the NYC Pride statement on its exclusion that have not been released yet.