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Tag Archives: gay firefighters
Leaving an Inspired Legacy – A Conversation with Chief Amesqua
12-13-11 -- By Michèle Carbery Fire Chief Debra Amesqua ‘s 28 year career is an example of inspired leadership. While maintaining a vision founded upon care and compassion, she has forged new paths of innovative opportunities in the fire … Read More >
Posted by: Fire 20/20 Tags: Chief Amesqua, Community, Debra Amesqua, Diversity, FIRE 20/20, gay firefighters, inclusion, Leadership, mentoring, retention, women Categories: Article, Newsletter
A Culture of Inclusion Makes a Difference: An Interview With Seattle Firefighter Erina Queen
06-19-11 -- Erina Queen has been out since she was fifteen years old. In this interview, she discusses her experience as a lesbian woman in the Seattle Fire Department, and how her department’s culture of inclusion has contributed to her feeling accepted … Read More >
Posted by: natasha Tags: Diversity, gay firefighters, inclusion, LGBT, mentoring, retention, values, women Categories: Interview, Newsletter
Coming Out On the Job, By Deerfield Beach Firefighter Brett Dunckel
06-19-11 -- One evening at the station, I was sitting with my fellow firefighters watching television. A female coworker was sitting next to me and began to joke with me in a way suggesting I was gay. This was in no way … Read More >
Posted by: natasha Tags: Diversity, gay firefighters, inclusion, LGBT Categories: Guest Columnist
Tips and Tools: How to Build a Culture of Inclusion for LGBT Firefighters
06-19-11 -- Whether yours is a small rural volunteer organization or a large urban fire department, there are many ways to make your internal culture more accepting to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender firefighters (LGBT); and to demonstrate to your community that … Read More >
Posted by: natasha Tags: Diversity, gay firefighters, inclusion, Leadership, LGBT, recruitment, retention, women Categories: Tools
Long Island Firefighter Speaks Out for Marriage Equality (Video)
06-17-11 -- Mike Vissichelli, a volunteer firefighter from Locust Valley, Long Island, speaks out for marriage in a New York marriage video released June 9 by the Human Rights Campaign. Vissichelli is also President of FireFLAG, an advocacy group for gay and lesbian … Read More >
Posted by: natasha Tags: Diversity, equality, gay firefighters, inclusion, LGBT, video Categories: Media
