Making the police safe for gay officers

Yahoo Gay News / The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun 09 08

Philadelphia's new police commissioner is pushing a more open attitude toward brotherly love in the city. Within his own ranks, Charles H. Ramsey wants to make it safe for gay and lesbian officers to be out of the closet amid a macho culture that, he acknowledges, keeps most of them in hiding. Full story...

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