Letters to the editor
LGBTQ officers broke barriersI have an issue with SF Pride not letting San Francisco Police Department LGBTQ officers wear their uniforms while marching as a contingent in the parade.
These are LGBTQ officers who are not only gay but have consciously chosen their profession as a SFPD officer. We, as a community, have fought for decades to be able to be open and proud within departments of government like the police, firefighters, sheriffs, and other government agencies as well as elected officials.
To disrespect these groundbreaking folks who have broken barriers in the name of the LGBTQ community is just not right. I stand with Mayor London Breed and all those who will boycott this move.
Our LGBTQ officers are not the people who are committing violence against our community or sister communities of color and other ethnicities, and to punish them in this way is reprehensible.Audrey JosephSan Francisco/Palm Springs, CaliforniaShame on SF Pride board's decisionI'm 84 years old.
