Out & Proud in Uniform As a detective assigned to the Special Victims Unit of the Pembroke Pines Police Department, Officer Mike Silver’s passion for investigating crimes against the vulnerable and defenseless means working long hours and being on call and able to respond at any time of the day and night. After work, community volunteering takes up his free time. No wonder this handsome, dedicated, 40 year-old and award-winning cop is single. Silver began his career at the age of 19 as a police officer for the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in 2002. When he transferred two years later to Pembroke Pines, he worked as a road patrol officer and field-training officer for eight years before receiving his current assignment.
He investigates sexual assaults, domestic violence, elderly and child abuse, human trafficking, missing persons, and abductions. He is also assigned to the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which investigates online predators who seek out children. Silver volunteers as a law enforcement liaison for the Broward County School Board’s Safe School Program, and at SunServe. Silver says he came out to his co-workers before family and friends, and is grateful for their constant support and acceptance. Silver received the Valor Award in 2011, and the Officer of the 1st Quarter award in 2013. — Tony Adams
Putting ‘Angel’ in Tuesday’s Angels
Mike Silver
Chuck Nicholls Bringing Gay Families Together
Richard Alalouf
Richard Alalouf is uniquely out in one particular way. He’s a co-parent with his husband, Tom Mulroy, of a 3-and-a-half-year-old boy. “That gets you visibility,” Alalouf said. “There are the doctors, the day care people, the grocery store staff who see you buying diapers,and soon the schools, and you just have to let them know who you are and what your child’s family looks like.” Alalouf is a flight attendant with Jet Blue and the volunteer executive director for South Florida Family Pride, a loosely knit organization of more than 200 families that provides massive play dates for children and their gay parents.
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Chuck Nicholls was born in Chicago and moved to Washington D.C. to pursue his career. He’s a Michigan State University graduate and did his graduate studies at The University of Florida. For him, one of his career highlights was being a founding member of The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. There, he enjoyed the teamwork involved in developing safety standards for consumer products. Eventually, he retired in South Florida and became a member of the nonprofit Tuesday’s Angels where he served as president for many years. This Fort Lauderdale organization serves men, women and children with HIV/ AIDS. “I will probably best be remembered for my work with Tuesday’s Angels and the over two million dollars that I helped raised while president of the organization,” he said. – Andrea Richard
“We’re normalizing our children’s experiences of having gay parents,” Alalouf said. “They get to socialize with other kids like themselves so it reinforces that they’re OK and their families are OK.” Alalouf is from Montreal, Canada; his husband hails from Chicago. They live here for the weather. Mulroy is the general manger of a local resort hotel. They’ve been together for eight years and were married in Provincetown five years ago. “Maybe we won’t need an Out50 when our kids’ kids are growing up,” he said. “That’s a worthy goal to aim for.” — Donald Cavanaugh
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