“Beginning in 2021, NYC Pride publicly banned corrections and law enforcement exhibitors from marching in their uniforms and participating in recruitment activities at NYC Pride events until at least 2025. Levine-Roberts/Sipa USA Gay and Lesbian Police Officers march during the Gay Pride Parade on June 30, 2019. (Gay Officers Action League) in the 42nd annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade. Levy repeatedly refused to say whether the mayor boycott the June 26 march if gay cops are excluded.Ĭops and other local law enforcement officers appear on track to be barred from marching in the parade for a second year in a row, according to a statement this week by Heritage of Pride, the organization running the even. He will continue to do the same before next month’s parade,” spokesman Fabien Levy told The Post. That’s one of the many reasons why he has long supported and fought for LGBTQ+ officers to be able to wear their uniforms at the Pride parade. Banning officers from wearing their uniforms at Pride is disappointing and contradicts our freedom of expression. “Mayor Adams supports inclusivity and allowing all New Yorkers to be true to who they are. Mayor Eric Adams condemned the planned exclusion of NYPD cops marching in next month’s Gay Pride Parade - but stopped short of saying he would skip the event if New York’s Finest can’t participate. Rufus Wainwright on Judy Garland at 100 and why she’s the ultimate gay icon Mayor Adams booed while marching in Park Slope Pride parade ‘So dangerous’: Critics protest DeSantis’ NYC speech over so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law White nationalists accused of planning riot at LGBTQ Pride event bailed out of jail