Today we officially launched a new project designed to an educational tool as well as a fund raising project for our Out To Project Scholarship Program.  We are putting together a “coffee table” style picture book with images of LGBT law enforcement personnel on the job.  This book will be the first of its kind [...]

This month, we awarded our first Out To Protect Scholarship to Julianne Zuniga who just graduated from the Police Academy at Napa Valley College. The job market in California is tough, but Julianne decided to put herself through the academy on her own dime anyway. She is a proud member of the gay community and [...]

The Board of Directors of the Out To Protect Scholarship Program are pleased to announce their first award of a national scholarship to Julianne Zuniga of Vallejo, California. She was selected to receive a $500.00 scholarship after a nationwide search for qualified applicants currently enrolled in a basic law enforcement training program who met the [...]

In honor of National Police Month, author Greg Miraglia has produced a very special radio program honoring the many LGBT law enforcement officers who have come out on the job and who are combating the wide spread homophobia that still exists within the law enforcement profession. Hear the stories of officers who, despite the traditional [...]

If you are new to our website, we invite you to listen to our podcasts.  You can now download and listen to them directly from iTunes.  We produced a series of 15 podcasts containing commentary and advice related to coming out as a member of the LGBT law enforcement community.  You can access these podcasts [...]

Chase Bank is going to award several grants for $500,000 and one for $1 million!  The Matthew Shepard Foundation is in the running to receive one of these grants.  The decision will be made based on votes collected through Facebook.  We need your support. I am one of the members of the Board of Directors [...]

The Board of Directors of Out To Protect is matching every donation dollar for dollar between now and Christmas Day.  We need to raise $5000 by December 31 to fund our scholarship program in 2010.  Maximize your donation by contributing today.   CLICK HERE TO DONATE. Our scholarships support outstanding future law enforcement officers through a [...]

We invite you to visit one of our online logo item stores and order your one-of-a-kind gifts to support our Out To Protect Scholarship Program.  We need to raise $5000 by December 31 in order to fund our 2010 scholarships.  This is a national program that supports GLBT law enforcement students from throughout the country [...]

In January of this year, we announced the creation of a new scholarship program designed to support “out” gay and lesbian law enforcement trainees completing a basic training program.  We created “Out to Protect Incorporated” and obtained our 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status so that ALL donations made to our scholarship program would be eligible for a [...]

Out To Protect Incorporated, the non-profit organization that operates our law enforcement scholarship program, received 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from the IRS.  Donations to our scholarship program are not fully tax deductible under section 170 of the IRS code.  Please take a moment to get acquainted with this program and help us spread the word. [...]