The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Board of Directors voted to ban uniforms at its May meeting.
on Sunday, June 26, after organizers banned police from wearing uniforms that some see as a symbol of harassment toward vulnerable groups.the Board of Directors of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration"One of the central planks of the movement for better policing is a demand that the people who serve in uniform better represent the communities they are policing," the mayor said in a statement.
Suzanne Ford, executive director of San Francisco Pride, told SFGATE that police are invited to march in T-shirts or polos that identify them by their department. The San Francisco police and fire departments take part in the parade annually, with most of the participants identifying as members of the LGBTQ+ community. In a statement announcing the decision to withdraw, the departments said the ban on uniforms was a reminder of a time when officers and firefighters had to hide that they were LGBTQ+.
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