{"id":467578,"date":"2022-06-25T21:09:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T18:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gay-prides-ban-on-cops-finally-gets-backlash-it-deserves\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T21:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T18:09:26","slug":"gay-prides-ban-on-cops-finally-gets-backlash-it-deserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gay-prides-ban-on-cops-finally-gets-backlash-it-deserves\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gay Pride\u2019s ban on cops finally gets backlash it deserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3409267a903\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3409267a903\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gay-prides-ban-on-cops-finally-gets-backlash-it-deserves\/#%E2%80%9CGay_Prides_ban_on_cops_finally_gets_backlash_it_deserves%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Gay Pride\u2019s ban on cops finally gets backlash it deserves&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGay_Prides_ban_on_cops_finally_gets_backlash_it_deserves%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Gay Pride\u2019s ban on cops finally gets backlash it deserves&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last year, in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s murder in police custody, far-left Pride organizations <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/01\/lgbtq-pride-events-police\">shut uniformed cops out of LGBT Pride marches<\/a> in cities across America.<\/p>\n<p>In New York and San Francisco, LGBT officers were permitted to participate in the city\u2019s Pride parades, but banned from wearing their uniforms. The same was true in Aurora, Ill., where the openly gay police chief was famous for marching proudly in his city\u2019s annual parade. Seattle\u2019s PrideFest, meanwhile, told police to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.king5.com\/article\/news\/local\/seattle\/capitol-hill-pride-banning-police-seattle-march-rally\/281-a98d100d-a19e-45cb-a480-cf9425da933a\">stay completely off its festival grounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Excluding police from Pride is rooted in the idea that cop-phobia is intrinsic to same-sex attraction \u2014 and that the police do not have the LGBT community\u2019s best interests at heart.\u00a0 But that\u2019s hardly the case. For one thing, anti-gay hate crimes in places like New York are rare \u2014<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.criminaljustice.ny.gov\/crimnet\/ojsa\/hate-crime-in-nys-2019-annual-report.pdf\"> there were just 57 reported anti-LGBT hate crimes in 2020, down from 107 in 2016<\/a>, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice, and when they do occur, victims often report highly positive interactions with police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/aurora-ill-pride-parade.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A young marcher at this past weekend's LGBT Pride parade in Aurora, Ill. The event was almost canceled after organizers refused to let police march in uniform. \" class=\"wp-image-22780922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/aurora-ill-pride-parade.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/aurora-ill-pride-parade.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/aurora-ill-pride-parade.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A young marcher at this past weekend\u2019s LGBT Pride parade in Aurora, Ill. The event was almost canceled after organizers refused to let police march in uniform. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBC 5 Chicago<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/gay-pride-parade-nypd.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"As more Pride parades have banned police from marching in their uniforms, even some Democrats are pushing back on the anti-cop behavior.\" class=\"wp-image-22780822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/gay-pride-parade-nypd.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/gay-pride-parade-nypd.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/gay-pride-parade-nypd.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>As more Pride parades have banned police from marching in their uniforms, even some Democrats are pushing back on the anti-cop behavior.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Tompkins\/Getty Images <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Take New York City\u2019s Cinco de Mayo Dallas BBQ hate crime of 2015. The incident occurred when a young gay man knocked over a fellow patron\u2019s drink on his way out of the Dallas BBQ restaurant in Manhattan. A confrontation ensued, with the other patron uttering an anti-gay slur before cracking a wooden chair over the victim\u2019s head. Bronx resident Bayna-Lekheim El-Amin was later arrested and turned out to be gay himself.<\/p>\n<p>The hate crime investigation was dropped. But after El-Amin\u2019s arrest, the victim, named Jonathan Snipes, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/hate-crimes-task-force-investigating-alleged-gay-bashing-at-chelsea-dallas-bbq\">wrote on Facebook<\/a>, \u201cWe live in the finest city in the world and have the VERY BEST police officers to match! I am humbled and immensely thankful for their help. Even in the midst of turmoil we feel so blessed to have been shown such compassion.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/london-breed-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed has decried the city\u2019s ban on uniformed police officers at the Pride parade and is refusing to join this year's festivities unless the policy is reversed.  \" class=\"wp-image-22780864\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/london-breed-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/london-breed-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/london-breed-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/london-breed-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/london-breed-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>San Francisco Mayor London Breed has decried the city\u2019s ban on uniformed police officers at the Pride parade and is refusing to join this year\u2019s festivities unless the policy is reversed.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pride began in June 1969 after a routine raid on an illegal gay bar in Greenwich Village resulted in clashes between officers and patrons. The Stonewall uprising, named for the Stonewall Inn where the incident occurred, lasted nearly a week, and is widely seen as the starting point of the modern gay rights movement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 years later, many on the left now find a convenient parallel between Black Lives Matter and the gay community. They\u2019re trying to make Stonewall all about cop-hatred \u2014 if not revising the entire gay movement to insist it has always been\u00a0\u201canti-cop.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/eric-adams-15.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"NYC Mayor Eric Adams also opposes the uniformed police shutout at his city's Pride events. \" class=\"wp-image-22780869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/eric-adams-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/eric-adams-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/eric-adams-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/eric-adams-15.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>NYC Mayor Eric Adams also opposes the uniformed police shutout at his city\u2019s Pride events. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But as crime soars nationwide, the tide is turning, and even Democratic mayors are blasting Pride organizations for their stance. <\/p>\n<p>In May, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/sf-mayor-london-breed-please-wont-someone-think-of-the-poor-gay-cops\">she would not attend<\/a> the first in-person Pride parade in two years unless they changed their position. \u201cIt\u2019s one of my favorite events of the year,\u201d Breed said. \u201cHowever, if the Pride Board does not reverse its decision, I will join our city public safety departments that are not participating in the Pride Parade.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bayna-lehkiem-el-amin.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bayna-Lehkiem El-Amin during his 2015 arraignment for the assault on two gay men at a Dallas BBQ restaurant in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-22780896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bayna-lehkiem-el-amin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bayna-lehkiem-el-amin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bayna-lehkiem-el-amin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bayna-Lehkiem El-Amin during his 2015 arraignment for the assault on two gay men at a Dallas BBQ restaurant in New York City. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same month, New York mayor Eric Adams condemned the exclusion of uniformed police officers from his city\u2019s parade this Sunday. \u201cBanning officers from wearing their uniforms at Pride is dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointing and contradicts our freedom of expression,\u201d his spokesman told The Post. Meanwhile, Aurora mayor Richard Irvin <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/aurora-pride-parade-2022-il-police-department-month\/11938951\/\">revoked his city\u2019s parade permit<\/a> because of the police ban, before eventually allowing the event to take place on June 12 after organizers threatened to sue.<\/p>\n<p>This push back from Democrats suggests the party is finally easing up on the anti-cop rhetoric. Perhaps it\u2019s because their rich donors are fed up with skyrocketing crime in big cities. Or because even President Joe Biden is among party bosses <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/05\/biden-fund-the-police\/\">calling the anti-cop \u201cdefund the police\u201d crusade a bad move<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stonewall-inn.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A group of young people celebrate outside the Stonewall Inn, where riots against police brutality in late June 1969 helped ignite the global LGBT Pride movement. Some on the left are now trying to align the BLM movement with Stonewall. \" class=\"wp-image-22780904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stonewall-inn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stonewall-inn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stonewall-inn.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A group of young people celebrate outside the Stonewall Inn, where riots against police brutality in late June 1969 helped ignite the global LGBT Pride movement. Some on the left are now trying to align the BLM movement with Stonewall. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, many far-left true-believers aren\u2019t letting go and that\u2019s exacerbating tensions between the slightly more grounded Democratic leadership and its batty rank-and-file. Which is why Pride has now become an annual bullhorn moment for the most vocal, and irritating, base of the far-left progressive movement. <\/p>\n<p>Cops are just the latest target. Their presence at Pride humanizes police officers and the far left can\u2019t have that. Perhaps the vilest aspect of the cop ban is this: in each city that forbids officers from marching, police forces are still required to provide security for the events. For cops, the message is clear: Stick to the sidelines and do your job. Be ashamed \u2014 while the rest of us celebrate our pride.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Chadwick Moore is editor-in-chief of Outspoken and contributing editor at The Spectator. His book,\u00a0<em>So You\u2019ve Been Sent to Diversity Training: Smiling Through the DEI Apocalypse,<\/em>\u00a0is out Sept. 27.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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