It was two weeks before the start of Pride month, and the organization that runs New York’s Pride march was fighting about cops.
The leadership had just announced that officers could no longer take part in the march, including a contingent of L.G.B.T.Q.
officers that has marched in uniform since 1996. The officers were angry. The mayor called it a mistake. At a tense Zoom meeting on May 20, members of the organization, Heritage of Pride, tore into their leadership, moving to overturn the ban and unseat the executive board.
Some called the ban no different from the discrimination they all faced. Passions flared on both sides of the issue, often dividing along racial or class lines.