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Antigay St. Patrick’s Day parade bans beauty pageant queen after she comes out as bisexual
They say it’s for her own safety, but the organizers have banned LGBTQ people from marching every year.
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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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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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If Jews can be expelled from Chicago’s Dyke March, who’s next?
Who are these self-appointed purveyors of a demarcation line separating who is to be included and who excluded from our spaces?
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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.
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Boston mayor accused of pressuring parade organizers to let gays march
According to the complaint, the mayor at one point got into a profanity-laden shouting match with parade organizer Philip Wuschke.
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For the first time, LGBTQ groups included in NYC’s St. Patrick’s parade
Gay activists who have been protesting the parade for 25 years said they were thrilled to be included in Thursday’s celebration.