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The controversy moves to Staten Island, where the parade organizing committee has banned an Irish LGBT group from marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade there. The parade organizing committee Meanwhile in New York, the AOH handed the parade over to a new group, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, headed by John Dunleavy. Even though the Supreme Court upheld the right of parade organizers to ban ILGO, they attempted to march in the late 1990s, and were arrested for doing so. NEW YORK (AP) — A decision by organizers of the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade to allow one gay organization to march is a disappointment after decades of fighting by gay groups for full participation, several advocates said Wednesday. Some were dismayed that the organizers had chosen just one lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group to participate next year after ending a ban on them Above: Lesbians and gays march up Fifth Avenue in 1993. New York City Mayor David Dinkins passed on an offer to lead the St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1991, deciding rather to march with LGBT Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade Organizers Say Gay Group to March Under Own Banner The inclusion of OUT@NBCUniversal ends a ban that had made participation in the centuries-old parade a political issue Meanwhile, Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade ended a ban on gay groups that organizers had successfully defended at the Supreme Court. In the ensuing months, same-sex marriage became legal The New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade in Manhattan ended its two-decade ban on LGBTQ+ groups in 2014, and for the first time in 2022, the Bronx’s St. Patrick’s Day parade allowed an The announcement followed years of boycotts from local pols over LGBTQ groups being banned from marching in the borough’s annual Irish heritage parade. “The Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day The Staten Island parade was long thought to be one of the only St. Patrick’s Day celebrations left in the world that still excluded LGBTQ+ people. By Molly Sprayregen Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Brendan Fay, the long-time gay rights activist who led the charge for LGBT inclusion in the New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade, and founder of the St. Pat’s for All march in Sunnyside After years of strong resistance, organizers of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sept. 3 said that gays and lesbians will be allowed to march under their own banner for the first time The ban on a local gay group marching in the Staten Island St Patrick’s Day parade is ludicrously bigoted and DOES NOT represent modern Ireland .. — Samantha Barry (@samanthabarry) March 3, 2019 The nation's largest St. Patrick's Day parade stepped off Thursday in New York City, and for the first time in decades, gay activists are not decrying it as an exercise in exclusion. Bill Donohue As we approach the 10th anniversary of homosexuals marching under their own banner in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, it behooves us to understand how this happened. To begin with, gays were never banned from marching. As I said on radio and TV in New York for two decades, no one The announcement followed years of boycotts from local pols over LGBTQ groups being banned from marching in the borough’s annual Irish heritage parade. “The Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day The organizers of the annual parade on Staten Island have denied a local gay group a place in this year’s event on Sunday, March 4. The acceptance of gay marching groups in the New York City St The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade that runs along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan ended its ban of LGBTQ groups in 2014, leaving Staten Island with the only exclusionary parade. The announcement followed years of boycotts from local pols over LGBTQ groups being banned from marching in the borough’s annual Irish heritage parade. “The Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day The nation’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade kicked off Thursday in New York City, and for the first time in decades, gay activists are not decrying it as an exercise in exclusion. After much frustration about the LGBTQ+ exclusion from the community, there were two St. Patrick’s parades on Staten Island in 2024. While the annual parade again banned LGBTQ+ groups from
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