St. Patrick’s Day

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NY man charged with hate crime in St. Patrick’s Day attack on transgender women

Sunday, March 19, 2017

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

Saturday, March 11, 2017

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

Thursday, March 9, 2017

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

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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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NYC politicians will return to St Patrick’s Day parade after LGBT people welcomed

Thursday, March 3, 2016

"We want this to be our most inclusive parade ever," the new parade chairman told reporters.

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The man who kept gay groups out of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade has died

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

According to his daughter, 85-year-old John Hurley "just slipped away."

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NYC St. Patrick’s parade organizers choose 2nd LGBT group

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The parade's board of directors announced Tuesday that it has selected the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender group called The Lavender & Green Alliance.

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Under new leadership, New York St. Patrick’s Day parade to add second gay group

Thursday, July 2, 2015

After ending a long and controversial ban on gay groups this year, the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day parade has new leadership and plans to add another gay contingent to its ranks, organizers said Wednesday.

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St. Patrick’s Day parades march toward equality

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Why does it matter whether or not gays are allowed to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade? Don't they have enough parades of their own?

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Historic first: Gay groups march in Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade

Sunday, March 15, 2015

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.

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