b. 1994; childhood: Bergen County, NJ and Brooklyn, NY, Italian immigrant family, struggle to assimilate; left home 1960, luncheonette job; New York Police Department (NYPD), 1965-1979: attraction to power, resistance to NYPD corruption, first homosexual experience; Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1966: first homosexual affair; return to NYPD: shame, secrecy, paranoia, memory of Stonewall, NYPD vi olence and corruption; GOAL: 1982 formation, NYPD negative reactions, un-closeting of board, incorporation of women and minorities, 1983 march in Gay Pride parade, Policemen's Benevolent Association attempts to exclude gays from NYPD, attempts to exclude GOAL from police umbrella groups, expansion, accomplishments: education, solidarity between races, sexes, sexual orientations, sensitivity training
Gay police officers--New York (State); Police--New York (State); Gay rights--New York (State); Discrimination in law enforcement--United States; Ciccone, Sam, 1944-2015; Gay Officers Action League (New York, N.Y.); New York (N.Y.). Police Department
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1992
Note (Biographical)
Police Officer, Playwright
Note
Interviewed by Gerry Albarelli on December 16 and 19, 1991 and January 10, 1992