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, 2017Police 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. -
St. Patrick’s parade organizers will allow gay vets to march
Saturday, March 11, 2017The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council announced that it had signed an "acceptance letter" that would clear the way for OutVets to participate. -
St. Patrick’s Day parade organizers will reconsider allowing gay group to march
Thursday, March 9, 2017Organizers 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. -
LGBTQ veterans group denied entry in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
Wednesday, March 8, 2017While 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. -
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. -
The man who kept gay groups out of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade has died
Wednesday, November 25, 2015According to his daughter, 85-year-old John Hurley "just slipped away." -
NYC St. Patrick’s parade organizers choose 2nd LGBT group
Tuesday, September 29, 2015The parade's board of directors announced Tuesday that it has selected the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender group called The Lavender & Green Alliance. -
Under new leadership, New York St. Patrick’s Day parade to add second gay group
Thursday, July 2, 2015After 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. -
St. Patrick’s Day parades march toward equality
Tuesday, March 17, 2015Why 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? -
Historic first: Gay groups march in Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade
Sunday, March 15, 2015Boston'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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