SILICON VALLEY PRIDE’S ban on uniformed police officers in this year’s parade is a flash point in decades of tensions between law enforcement and the local LGBTQ+ community.
The LGBTQ+ community’s apprehensive relationship with police began long ago, most notably with the 1969 Stonewall Riots from which Pride originated. These riots were a response to the police brutality and arrests taking place at LGBTQ+ bars and other queer spaces around the country.
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