Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Ends 60-Year Ban on Gay Groups
After years of controversy and boycotts, the parade’s organizers said it was time to change the exclusionary policy.
Staten Island's Saint Patrick's Day Parade will allow LGBTQ+ groups for the first time in 2025
LGBTQ+ groups will be allowed to march in Staten Island's Saint Patrick's Day Parade for the first time in 2025.
SI St. Patrick's Parade to include LGBTQ+ groups
It took six decades, but the LGBTQ+ groups will now be able to march in Staten Islands Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The decision follows years of opposition. FOX 5 NY’s Michelle Ross has the reactions to the decision.
‘Quite simply, it’s just time’: Community celebrates inclusion of LGBTQ+ groups in Staten Island St. Patrick’s Parade
This will be the first time in the parade's 60-year history that LGBTQ+ groups will be allowed to march under their banner.
LGBTQ groups finally invited to march in Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade — ending NYC event’s decades-long anti-gay ban
LGBTQ groups will be allowed to march in Staten Island’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time ever this year, organizers announced Tuesday — ending a long-running controversy over the annual event’s anti-gay stance.
Staten Island's St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee lifts ban on LGBTQ marchers
One borough, one parade. After 60 years, one of Staten Island’s largest and most influential civic organizations is allowing gay and lesbian groups to march in the borough’s official St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade lifts ban on LGBTQ groups
LGBTQ groups will be allowed to participate in the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time in 2025 after new leadership replaced the longtime organizer who was known for upholding the ban,
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