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It's on our linktree! - There are several LGBTQIA+

It's on our linktree! - There are several LGBTQIA+ public safety (EMS, Fire, and Law Enforcement) resources and organizations for camaraderie, networking, and support. Make 2024 the year you reach out or get involved. Checkout the IEFPA linktree in our bio for links to all of these great resources and organizations. https://linktr.ee/iefpa

Linktree is in our bio!

#linktree #lgbtqia

From @ktla5news "Los Angeles Fire Department Chi

From @ktla5news

"Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has been fired by Mayor Karen Bass."

Link is on our linktree.

https://ktla.com/news/california/bass-removes-los-angeles-fire-department-chief-crowley/

#lafd #kristencrowley #firefighter #firechief #lgbtqia

The IEFPA maintains a list of internationally reco

The IEFPA maintains a list of internationally recognized and domestically recognized LGBTQ+ awareness periods, i.e. awareness days, weeks and months that focus on LGBTQ+ days of action, history and remembrance.

Visit our linktree and click on LGBTQ+ Awareness Periods

#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqi #lgbtqia #gayemt #gayfirefighter #gayparamedic #emt #firefighter #paramedic

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, frie

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and colleagues of @calfire Capt. Rebecca Marodi.

Link to the story can be found on our linktree.

#calfire #rebeccamarodi #firefighter #lgbtqia #lastalarm

Look for our monthly newsletter, Saturday, March 1

Look for our monthly newsletter, Saturday, March 1, 2025

Keep up on the latest news from the International EMS & Firefighters Pride Alliance by joining our email list. The only required information is a valid email address. Feel free to provide additional information if you wish. We will never sell or share your information with anyone, and you can subscribe or unsubscribe at any time.

www.iefpa.org/join-our-email-list/

Link to sign up is on our linktree.

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week February 16-22,

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
February 16-22, 2025

Aromanticism is a romantic orientation, which describes people whose experience of romance is disconnected from normative societal expectations, often due to experiencing little to no romantic attraction, or sometimes feeling repulsed by romance or being uninterested in romantic relationships.

#aromantic #lgbtqia

The International EMS & Firefighters Pride Allianc

The International EMS & Firefighters Pride Alliance is the host of the LGBTQIA+ EMS & FIREFIGHTERS PRIVATE GROUP. Join the camaraderie of a friendly, supportive, welcoming community in a private group setting.

www.facebook.com/groups/lgbtqia.ems.firefighters

The link is on our linktree.

Meet Cameron at Convergence 2025 this August in Au

Meet Cameron at Convergence 2025 this August in Austin, Texas

Cameron has been a volunteer firefighter with the Amherstburg Fire Department for 3 years. He lives with his partner and their two young children in Ontario, Canada. Cameron serves as the President of the Amherstburg Firefighters Association, where he has been instrumental in peer support and LGBTQ+ member advocacy.

Cameron writes about some of his personal reflections and experiences as an openly gay firefighter, community leader, and one of the dad’s in a two-dad family in a small town on his podcast “otherdaddy”. Visit his website at www.otherdaddy.com

Follow Cameron on Instagram @cameronarksey

#gaydad #gaydads #gayfirefighter #gaywithkids #gayfamily #firefighter #firedepartment #emt #paramedic #publicsafety

In Memoriam. Today we pause to remember Timothy "L

In Memoriam. Today we pause to remember Timothy "Lemonade Coyote" McCormick and Cody Medley, who were tragically killed in the line of duty on Saturday, February 12, 2013.

Timothy recorded a message for the "It Gets Better" campaign. Check it out on our "Coming Out" page: ( www.iefpa.org/coming-out/ (Link is on our linktree. )

"Lemonade Coyote" dances forever in heaven. ( https://youtu.be/WI12MSW_bk8?si=dzMNlLKSzQk9I6AS ).

#lgbtqia #gayparamedic #lodd #lgbtq

Is your company or department hiring? Contact us

Is your company or department hiring?

Contact us and we will be pleased to share your job announcement with our email subscribers, on our website, and on all of our social media platforms.

Visit our linktree to contact the IEFPA

Gilbert Baker sewing the nine (9) stripe Diversity

Meet Cory at Convergence 2025 this August in Austi

Meet Cory at Convergence 2025 this August in Austin, Texas - www.iefpa.og/convergence (link is on our linktree)

A deeply personal yet candid saga of a gay Secret Service Agent in the Obama era; an agent who was struggling with his own identity, marriage, discrimination, and balancing the demands that accompany being assigned to protect the most powerful people in the world.

Cory Allen delivers an amusing view into his adventurous life, with abundant historical and pop-culture references, twists and turns of his relationships, and an inside look into life as a gay Special Agent in the hyper-masculine career field. Through intense self-reflection he recounts the impacts it had on his life and the hardships imposed by a career in the spotlight.

Learn more about Cory and how you can purchase a copy of his book at www.coryallenbooks.com (link is on our Linktree)

Follow Cory here on Instagram at @authorcoryallen

#gayauthor #gayman #breakingfreebook #secretservice #secretserviceagent #glbt #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #itgetsbetter #youcanbeanything #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #queer #lawenforcement

Please join us in congratulating Chief Fitzsimmons

Please join us in congratulating Chief Fitzsimmons

Sharing a post from @fireflagems

We are thrilled to congratulate Michele Fitzsimmons on her promotion to Deputy Chief. During her career, Chief Fitzsimmons proudly served 2 terms as President of FireFLAG/EMS. In that time she was instrumental in rebuilding this organization from the ground up and leading us into a new generation. She recently resigned from that position to focus on her new rank and devote more time to her family and we are incredibly grateful for her guidance, support, and leadership during her tenure. We are equally proud of her many accomplishments on the job, and the example she sets every day for both the women and the LGBTQ+ members of this department. I hope you will join us in wishing her the best of luck in her new rank. Congratulations Chief!! #FDNY #FIREFLAG #LGBT

The purpose of the LGBT Fallen Heroes Fund is to i

The purpose of the LGBT Fallen Heroes Fund is to identify and honor those fallen LGBT Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, EMS, and members of the Military who have dedicated their lives to their communities and give recognition to their survivors. Learn more at www.lgbtfallenheroesfund.org

Follow the LGBT Fallen Heroes Fund on Facebook

Links are on our linktree.

Save The Date! - CONVERGENCE 2025 - August 5th -10

Save The Date! - CONVERGENCE 2025 - August 5th -10th, 2025 - Austin, Texas - Details will be posted on our website at www.iefpa.org/convergence and on our social media. - Sign up for email notifications to make sure you get the latest information about CONVERGENCE 2025

Early bird registration opens Saturday, March 1, 2025

The IEFPA is extremely honored to introduce our ne

The IEFPA is extremely honored to introduce our newest sponsor. The Amherstburg Firefighters Association of Ontario, Canada. The Amherstburg Firefighters Association has shattered the glass ceiling by becoming the very first firefighters association and or union to show their unanimous support for the IEFPA. We couldn’t be more proud to have them joining our family of supportive sponsors.

Learn more about the Amherstburg Firefighters Association on their website at www.aburgfireassoc.ca

Learn more about sponsorship at www.iefpa.org/sponsorship/ (Link is on our linktree)

Follow the Amherstburg Firefighters Association here on Instagram @aburgfireassoc

Christy Warren is a retired fire captain from the

Christy Warren is a retired fire captain from the Berkeley Fire Department in California. She has twenty-five years of service as a professional paramedic and eighteen years as a professional firefighter/paramedic. After being diagnosed with PTSD in 2014, she retired from the fire service; since then, she has become a triathlete, completed the Escape from Alcatraz swim five times, and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Washington State University. She is a volunteer Peer at the West Coast Post-trauma Retreat and hosts the podcast The Firefighter Deconstructed. She lives in Pleasant Hill with her wife, Lisa, and dog, Harriet.

Christy's first book, Flash Point: A Firefighter's Journey through PTSD, is available now at www.christyewarren.com (link is on our linktree)

Follow Christy here on Instagram at @ffdeconstructed

If you work in public safety and you are thinking

If you work in public safety and you are thinking about coming out, struggling with coming out, or just looking for someone to talk to please reach out to us, we are here to help.

The IEFPA is the host of the LGBTQIA+ EMS & FIREFIGHTERS Private Facebook Group. Join the camaraderie of a friendly, supportive, welcoming community in a private group setting.

Link to the Facebook group can be found on the Linktree

We are honored to have the American Ambulance Asso

We are honored to have the American Ambulance Association returning as a 2025 sponsor of the IEFPA and CONVERGENCE 2025!

"The American Ambulance Association provides tools, resources, and advocacy to keep EMS rolling. They take care of the organizations that take care of people first."

Learn more about the American Ambulance Association here on facebook and on their website at www.ambulance.org

Follow the American Ambulance Association here on Instagram @amerambassociation

Both Sides of the Fire Line is Bobbie Scopa’s up

Both Sides of the Fire Line is Bobbie Scopa’s uplifting memoir of bravely facing the heat of fierce challenges, professionally and personally.

Bobbie Scopa is a retired firefighter, author, podcast host, and public speaker. She has forty-five years of firefighting experience and has received numerous professional awards and industry recognition, including Firefighter of the Year (1990) from the Professional Firefighters of Arizona; Governor’s Award, State of Arizona (1990); Certificate of Appreciation from the City of New York for work performed at the World Trade Center in 2001; and the Unit Citation Award for efficacy in the U.S. Forest Service (2014). She was a featured speaker at the U.S. Forest Service’s “Pride Outside” diversity, equity, and inclusion event in June 2021. She is also the host of the podcast BobbieOnFire.com. Scopa divides her time between Puget Sound, Washington, and Scottsdale, Arizona.

Learn more about Bobbie on her website at www.bobbieonfire.com the website link is on our linktree.

Follow Bobbie here on Instagram at @bobbiescopa

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