Proud To Be Your Friend

“The two rainbow colored communicating faces that can be seen in the logo represent both the criminal justice community and the LGBT community. They form a symbolic heart that symbolizes balance, togetherness and mutual respect.”

The excerpt above is the description written directly by the Proud To Be Your Friend organization and world conference for the above pictured logo. Below the logo is a short video summary of the 2016 Proud To Be Your Friend world conference in Amsterdam. This was the first world conference of its kind specifically for LGBT criminal justice professionals from all over the world. In total, 26 countries from six continents were represented by their officers. The conference like any conference had many workshops specifically geared towards criminal justice and more importantly LGBT professionals and the LGBT community. Many subject topics throughout the conference were touched on but some of the most important were:

-how to construct a well-functioning LGBT police network

– self-identification in the Criminal Justice workplace

-Engaging the Criminal Justice system on LGBT rights

-LGBT curriculum at Police Academies worldwide

-Dealing with transgender prisoners respectfully

I chose to show case this organization/world conference which had its inaugural year in 2016, because not only does it show case how far policing has come and the LGBT communities, it shows just in the representation of each nation and the thousands of officers who showed up wanting to bring change to their departments is a step in the right direction of bringing “balance, togetherness and mutual respect to both communities“. This overall goal for both communities is why I chose to include the photo and description of the logo.

Proud To Be Your Friend

 

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