Christopher Lisotta

Photo by Max S. Gerber IN A DECADE, THE LAPD HAS GONE FROM BEING VIOLENTLY hostile toward gay and lesbian officers to becoming what some see as a national model for integrating out cops. "When I joined the police department 27 years ago, obviously the department did not hire gays......

Photo by Ted Soqui THE DEMISE OF PALLOTTA TEAMWORKS, the for-profit charity organizer best known for its flagship seven-day, 550-mile California AIDSRide, was as abrupt and controversial as its founder, owner and CEO, Dan Pallotta. Known for his sometimes preachy, Landmark Forum­like speak, Pallotta loved big statements. Consider this audacious......

AFTER YEARS OF LITIGATION, THE GAY AND lesbian community of Los Angeles achieved a watershed settlement when, in 1993, the LAPD agreed to recruit and promote more gay and lesbian officers, while also adopting a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of gays and lesbians on and off the force. It followed......