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It’s 2022 & the St. Patricks Day parade still bans LGBTQ people from marching
The application to march states the parade does not allow the promotion of “sexual identification agendas.”
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The first St. Patrick’s Day parade to allow LGBTQ marchers didn’t happen where you’d imagine
Long before gays and lesbians were fighting for the right to participate in cities like Boston, New York City and Chicago, an unlikely state capital welcomed LGBTQ marchers with open arms.
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The gay Irish prime minister called out Mike Pence’s homophobia right in front of him
He said that he isn’t judged for his sexuality, something only possible in countries that love “freedom and liberty.”
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Savannah Georgia ruined Mike Pence’s St. Patrick’s Day in the best way possible
Mike Pence thought he’d see green at the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Instead he saw rainbows everywhere.
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One of us: St. Patrick’s place in gay history
Ireland’s patron saint may have had a long term intimate relationship with a man.
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LGBT group banned from marching in St. Patrick’s Day parade again
The group wasn’t even allowed to say why they wanted to march before the host committee turned them down.
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NY man charged with hate crime in St. Patrick’s Day attack on transgender women
Police say that the man verbally harassed two transgender women walking into a McDonald’s Friday afternoon before launching into a violent assault that sent one woman to the hospital.
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St. Patrick’s parade organizers will allow gay vets to march
The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council announced that it had signed an “acceptance letter” that would clear the way for OutVets to participate.
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St. Patrick’s Day parade organizers will reconsider allowing gay group to march
Organizers are scrambling to mitigate fallout after Boston’s mayor and the chief marshall announced they would drop out if the gay veterans group wasn’t included.
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LGBTQ veterans group denied entry in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
While the organizers went to the Supreme Court to defend their right to exclude LGBT groups from the parade, they had allowed the veterans to march before.