Gayifyg St. Patrick’s Day

Contents:

• OUT OF STEP WH N.Y.C., STATEN ISLAND PARA STILL BANS GAY MARCHERS
• THE GAY RIGHTS BATTLE OVER NEW YORK’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARA: A HISTORY
• TO GAY GROUPS, ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARA ENDS AN ERA OF EXCLN
• GAYIFYG ST. PATRICK’S DAY
• GAY GROUPS MARCH AT LAST BOSTON ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARA

OUT OF STEP WH N.Y.C., STATEN ISLAND PARA STILL BANS GAY MARCHERS

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Courty of Carol BullockBrendan Fay, an openly gay Irish immigrant and the founr of LGBTQ Irish advocy group Lavenr and Green Alliance, said Staten Island is not the only place the U. "Growg numbers of paras are cludg LGBT groups, and that's reflectg a changg Ireland, " Fay told NBC News, notg that Ireland 2015 beme the first untry the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote and now has an openly gay prime MARCH TO INCLUSIONToday, LGBTQ groups participate openly St. Patrick’s Day Para voted to allow gay groups to march openly, but then they briefly restated a ban 2017.

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THE GAY RIGHTS BATTLE OVER NEW YORK’S ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARA: A HISTORY

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TO GAY GROUPS, ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARA ENDS AN ERA OF EXCLN

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GAYIFYG ST. PATRICK’S DAY

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2006: Christe Qun, newly elected as Speaker of the New York Cy Council, announc she will boytt the para after failg to reach a promise wh the mtee that would allow her to reprent both her Irish Amerin and gay pri. The mtee’s hop to see the then print of Ireland lead the para’s landmark 250th anniversary were dashed, and the ban on gay groups was wily believed to be the reason.

“If the gay muny is not allowed to march, I’m not marchg the para, ” he said.

GAY GROUPS MARCH AT LAST BOSTON ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARA

Mayor Blas is boyttg bee participants are not allowed to intify themselv as gay. Controversy has always surround the para ( the past there were skirmish over allowg women to be grand marshal and even lettg children wheelchairs take part), but the fight over cludg gays is the longt and most bter. While many who le the route will be too young to remember , the bate over allowg gays to march dat back to 1991, when New York’s last Democratic mayor was  office.

When the Irish Lbian and Gay Organizatn (ILGO) asked to jo the para late 1990, their requt was nied, but the anizers sisted had nothg to do wh the belief that homosexualy and Irish Catholicism don’t mix. The Ancient Orr of Hibernians, which has n the 252-year-old para sce about 1851, argued that wouldn’t be fair to let gay groups march, claimg that 30 anizatns were already wag for admtance to an event that the cy wanted to rce sle. But when the Irish Lbian and Gay Organizatn asked to see the wag list, the anizers refed.

The New York Tim headle clared, “Para Furor Is Settled; Gay Group Will March. The legal fight was rolved 1995 when the Supreme Court led unanimoly that para anizers Boston had the right to exclu homosexuals.