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Gay groups may march in New York St. Patrick's Day Parade 01:38. Sarah Jo Gomez-Lorraine, a Naval officer and OutVets member taking part in the march, said it's an honor to represent gay veterans BOSTON — Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 2015 march Reuters. Organizers of Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade denied on Thursday that they told a gay veterans' group its members could not march openly in one of the largest U.S. celebrations of the holiday and accused the group of breaking parade rules. In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that banning ILGO from the Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade was constitutional. It was a private parade, the high court said, and the organizers had a First Amendment right to freedom of association, essentially affirming their right to craft their own rules. At a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast earlier Sunday, Walsh thanked the sponsors for making sure the parade, was “fully inclusive today.” He and Baker said in parade-side interviews with New England Cable News they were glad to see the issue put to rest. “Gay people marched in the parade for years, just under different banners,” Walsh said. BOSTON — BOSTON — Get out your green clothing, four-leaf clover and claddagh ring! The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston is Sunday. The parade will kick off at Broadway Station at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday and end in Andrew Square. WATCH LIVE: Officials providing safety update ahead For the first time, two gay and lesbian organisations march in the St Patrick's Day parade in the US city of Boston after the organisers lift a ban. T wo gay rights groups marched in Boston’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade for the first time in its 114-year history on Sunday, ending a two-decade ban against participation by lesbian, gay Irish flags wave along the St. Patrick’s Day parade route in South Boston last year. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Originally Published: March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM EDT Get ready to paddy: St. Patrick's Day is just days away, which means so is the annual South Boston parade. This year, the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day/Evacuation Day Parade will take place on SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE – Sunday, March 16, 2025 The annual St. Patrick’s Day parade will begin at 11:30 am and take place along the following route: The MBTA is preparing for the city's annual St. Patrick’s Day parade and festivities in South Boston.Nearly 1 million people are expected to attend the parade, which is being held on Sunday Washington himself reportedly drew on the earlier tradition in choosing "St. Patrick" as the response to "Boston," the password used in the colonial lines on evacuation day. See J. Crimmins, St. Patrick's Day: Its Celebration in New York and other American Places, 1737-1845, pp. 15, 19 (1902); see generally 1 H. Commager & R. Morris, The Spirit BOSTON (AP) — Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The South Boston Allied Veteran's Council did not permit gay groups to march in the parade until 2015, when it accepted applications from Boston Pride and OUTVETS, a gay veteran's organization. Following this decision, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced that he would march in the parade, the first time a mayor had participated in 20 years. [38] The last time gay and lesbian Irish American groups were allowed to march in the South Boston Saint Patrick’s Day Parade it was 1993 and “Informer” by Snow was the number one song in the BOSTON (AP) — The St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston will make history this Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups join the fun. The advocacy group Boston Pride and OutVets, a group of gay military veterans, have been welcomed by the organizers. "This is a tremendous leap forward," Boston Pride organizer Sylvain Bruni said Friday. Until now, gay rights groups have been barred by the South In 1995, the US Supreme Court reached a unanimous decision in the case of Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, [7] [9] which closely paralleled the situation faced by ILGO in their pursuit to participate in the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
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