Wisconsin Police Department Fully Embraces Transgender Officer
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AUGUST 8, 2023
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N.Y. Police Boss: 'Stop Treating Us Like Animals and Thugs'
Michael O'Meara, head of New York's Police Benevolent Association, accused the media of "vilifying" law enforcement.
JUNE 9, 2020
In Netflix’s “Eric,” McKinley Belcher III is haunting as closeted, gay Black NYC cop in the 1980s
“You have to love yourself and understand yourself fully before you can stand on your own two feet, and at the very end of the series, [Michael] Ledroit starts to recognize that fact,” Belcher tells The Advocate.
JUNE 7, 2024
S.F. police officers accused of abusing gay man won't face discipline
Three San Francisco police officers accused of verbally abusing and assaulting a gay man they caught urinating in the street will not face possible discipline because the department missed the deadline to take action.
FEBRUARY 9, 2007
Beijing Police Attack Women for Wearing Rainbow Badges
The incident was captured on video on the International Day Against Homophobia.
MAY 14, 2018
Ezra Miller Claims They Were Assaulted By A ‘Nazi’ & Police
Footage of Miller's arrest in Hawaii shows the actor saying he filmed himself getting assaulted "for NFT crypto art."
MAY 12, 2022
Op-ed: Is Nudity in the Eye of the Beholder?
An arrest in San Diego reminds us all to believe our own eyes even when -- especially when -- cops or politicians say not to.
JUNE 27, 2014
New video from St. Louis police crash into gay bar shows aggressive officer, raises questions
The police officer threatened a bystander with arrest after handcuffing the bar’s owner for raising his voice.
JANUARY 23, 2024
Chicago Cop Being Investigated for Calling Protester an Antigay Slur
The incident, captured on video, occured during a protest against racism and police brutality.
JUNE 9, 2020
Chicago Police Officer Accused of Assaulting Lesbians
Three women claimed Thursday in a federal lawsuit that an off-duty Chicago police officer roughed them up and called them names because of their sexual orientation after this year's gay pride parade. The lawsuit could become the latest black eye for the Chicago Police Department, which has faced tough questions lately about the actions of off-duty officers, among other problems.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2007
Trans Activist Boston Police Abusive at Protest
An activist with Occupy Boston's LGBT group says she and others were treated roughly at a Tea Party rally, where they were protesting antigay speakers.
APRIL 16, 2012
How to Properly Film Police Misconduct
Witnessing police misconduct or brutality? Here's how to record the encounter as safely and effectively as possible.
AUGUST 17, 2020
The Woman Behind #BlackLivesMatter on the Real Threat to Black LGBTs
Alicia Garza, who created the era-defining term 'Black Lives Matter,' says police are not the enemy of queer people.
AUGUST 7, 2015
The Ghost Children of Mormon Country
When the repressive, antigay policies of the Mormon church were leaked to the media, rates of LGBT teen homelessness and suicide skyrocketed.
APRIL 29, 2016
Soldier has ceremonial badge restored after being jailed and discharged for gay kiss in 1983
Steve Close was forced to register as a sex offender after he was caught kissing another soldier in the barracks.
JUNE 21, 2024
WATCH: Colo. Pastor Arrested for Robbing Gay Man
Police say Michael Abromovich impersonated a U.S. marshal to rob a gay man who thought he was meeting a Craigslist hookup.
JANUARY 29, 2014