Racial Profiling

LGBTQ people nationwide are still suffering abuse at the hands of police. While NYPD’s apology 50 years after the fact is nice, what about the problems plaguing us today?

When will white people stop calling the cops on people of color because they’re napping, golfing, moving, dancing, or taking their kid to the park?

She says she was “racially profiled” while wearing a headscarf at Heathrow Airport.

Should police be required to write down their perception of a drivers’ sexual orientation?

NEW YORK — More than two dozen national and international LGBT advocacy organizations on Monday urged New York City legislators to defend legislation banning police profiling against a veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, saying the infamous “stop-and-frisk policy” unfairly targets LGBT people of color.

In the past month, we have seen milestone after milestone in the march toward LGBT equality. But there is a key element of this progress that we should shine a light on. What for many seemed like a red light at the intersection of race, class, sexual orientation and gender identity has turned yellow — even green — as we see diverse groups strongly and publicly supporting each other across issues and working for civil rights — human rights — for all people.