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8. Homophobia is a term used to describe hostile reactions
(irrational fears and prejudice) towards homosexual persons, a
commonly held belief among social scientists is that this
reaction is basically defensive and one possible reaction to
personal insecurity. Studies have shown that persons with
hostile attitudes towards homosexuals tend to be authoritarian,
rigid, dogmatic, and intolerant of ambiguity. These same traits
which correlate with homophobia are the very traits which seem to
be prevalent among many police officers.
9. Institutionalized homophobia finds a fertile ground in
the hyper-masculine police environment. A male homosexual
officer is seen as the antithesis of what an officer should be,
and, therefor, a threat to the system.
10. It would be my expectation, from my years of
experience, that persons identified in any way with gays and/or
lesbians would be seen as a threat (and would be unwelcome) by
most police officers in most departments. This being the case,
it would be completely within the realm of reasonable expectation
that those police officers would discourage, threaten, or, in a
variety of ways, intimidate that officer or other person from
applying, continuing, or succeeding as a successful officer.
11. Once identified as being a friend of, or friendly
towards, the plaintiffs in this case, it is reasonable to expect
that this individual also would be seen as a threat and it is a
very real possibility that harassment and retaliation could be
visited upon any witness who provides information supportive of
the plaintiffs in this case.
0575-1010169
Object Description
| Title | The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community, 1991-05-01 |
| Description | Public session, 1991 May 1: Material from organizations, 2.1: Report - "The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community - written testimony submitted to the special Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department" by Jon W. Davidson, senior staff counsel and attorney for lesbian and gay rights ACLU foundation of Southern California, 1991 May 1. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1991-05-01 |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991-05-01 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 284 p. |
| Format (aat) | reports |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Public Sessions |
| Box and folder | box 25, folder 1-2 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
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| Filename | indep-box25-01_02 |
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| Title | The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community, p. 86 |
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| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | 1 2 3 4 5 '6 a— / 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8. Homophobia is a term used to describe hostile reactions (irrational fears and prejudice) towards homosexual persons, a commonly held belief among social scientists is that this reaction is basically defensive and one possible reaction to personal insecurity. Studies have shown that persons with hostile attitudes towards homosexuals tend to be authoritarian, rigid, dogmatic, and intolerant of ambiguity. These same traits which correlate with homophobia are the very traits which seem to be prevalent among many police officers. 9. Institutionalized homophobia finds a fertile ground in the hyper-masculine police environment. A male homosexual officer is seen as the antithesis of what an officer should be, and, therefor, a threat to the system. 10. It would be my expectation, from my years of experience, that persons identified in any way with gays and/or lesbians would be seen as a threat (and would be unwelcome) by most police officers in most departments. This being the case, it would be completely within the realm of reasonable expectation that those police officers would discourage, threaten, or, in a variety of ways, intimidate that officer or other person from applying, continuing, or succeeding as a successful officer. 11. Once identified as being a friend of, or friendly towards, the plaintiffs in this case, it is reasonable to expect that this individual also would be seen as a threat and it is a very real possibility that harassment and retaliation could be visited upon any witness who provides information supportive of the plaintiffs in this case. 0575-1010169 |
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