NYC Pride ban on uniformed police reflects a deeper tension
FILE - NYPD police officers march along Fifth Avenue during the gay pride parade, Sunday, June 29, 2014, in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization.(AP Photo/Julia Weeks, File)

FILE - NYPD police officers march along Fifth Avenue during the gay pride parade, Sunday, June 29, 2014, in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization.(AP Photo/Julia Weeks, File)

Jun. 25, 2021 01:09 AM EDT
FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2013 file photo, Members of the Gay Officers Action League of the New York police department are cheered during the gay pride march in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2013 file photo, Members of the Gay Officers Action League of the New York police department are cheered during the gay pride march in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Jun. 25, 2021 01:10 AM EDT
FILE - A police officer applauds as parade-goers shout and wave flags during the New York City Pride Parade, Sunday, June 26, 2016 in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

FILE - A police officer applauds as parade-goers shout and wave flags during the New York City Pride Parade, Sunday, June 26, 2016 in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Jun. 25, 2021 01:09 AM EDT
FILE - Members of the New York City Police Department carry flags, including one with the rainbow colors, during New York's Gay Pride Parade, June 30, 2013, in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

FILE - Members of the New York City Police Department carry flags, including one with the rainbow colors, during New York's Gay Pride Parade, June 30, 2013, in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Jun. 25, 2021 01:09 AM EDT
FILE- In this Aug. 31,1970 file photo, an NYPD officer grabs a youth by the hair as another officer clubs a young man during a confrontation in Greenwich Village after a Gay Power march in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization.For some, cops shouldn't have a visible presence at a march that commemorates the 1969 Stonewall uprising, sparked by a police raid on a gay bar. (AP Photo/File)

FILE- In this Aug. 31,1970 file photo, an NYPD officer grabs a youth by the hair as another officer clubs a young man during a confrontation in Greenwich Village after a Gay Power march in New York. As Pride weekend approaches, the recent decision by organizers of New York City's event to ban LGBTQ police officers from marching in future parades while wearing their uniforms has put a spotlight on issues of identity and belonging, power and marginalization.For some, cops shouldn't have a visible presence at a march that commemorates the 1969 Stonewall uprising, sparked by a police raid on a gay bar. (AP Photo/File)

Jun. 25, 2021 01:09 AM EDT