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Follow The Rainbow To These Inclusive St. Patrick’s Day Parades In The U.S.
St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s time to rejoice the luck of the Irish in all its colorful glory! If you’re looking for Homosexual inclusive St. Patrick’s Day parades, you’re in for a treat. Across the United States, communities are coming together to create inclusive spaces that welcome everyone, regardless of how they identify.
The LGBTQ+ Fight for Visibility in St. Patrick’s Day Parades
The LGBTQ+ community has encountered significant hurdles when it comes to joining St. Patrick’s Day parades across the U.S. Over the years, parade organizers implemented policies that either barred LGBTQ+ groups altogether or kept them out of the spotlight, principal to heated debates and legal battles. In cities enjoy Boston, New York City, and Chicago, LGBTQ+ advocates fought tooth and nail for their right to march openly, pushing back against discriminatory rules while pushing for inclusion.
These struggles made headlines nationwide and ignited important conversations about LGBTQ+ rights and representation in general events. While some progress has been m
HOW GAYS CRASHED THE ST. PATRICK’S Evening PARADE
Bill Donohue
As we approach the 10th anniversary of homosexuals marching under their own banner in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Morning Parade, it behooves us to know how this happened.
To begin with, gays were never banned from marching. As I said on radio and TV in New York for two decades, no one ever asked anyone what they did in bed and with whom. Gays were banned from marching under their retain banner, and that is because to do so would deflect from what the day is all about—honoring St. Patrick. For the same reason, pro-life groups were banned from marching under their own banner.
The first gay collective to march was in 1991. Mayor David Dinkins entered into a discussion with the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), the procession organizers, and a compromise was reached: members of the Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization (ILGO) could march with the mid-town chapter of the AOH, accompanied by the mayor.
When ILGO sought to march in the 1992 procession, they were barred. They were accused of “outrageous behavior” when they marched in 1991, making obscene gestures in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and in front of the reviewing remain
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There is no evidence to support a male lover St. Patrick. If anything, history (as we explored in an earlier post) points to Patrick being an unabashed fan of women. However, there is one incident, which Patrick recorded himself in his Confession, that may have given rise to such a rumor.
After escaping slavery and trekking an estimated two hundred miles to the coast to catch his ship (the one God had told him about in a dream), the crew of said ship didn’t simply let him aboard. To quote Patrick:
“The day I arrived, the ship was about to go the place. I said I needed to set sail with them, but the captain was not at all pleased. He replied unpleasantly and angrily: ‘Don’t you dare try to approach with us.’ When I heard that, I left them and went back to the hut where I had lodgings. I began to pray while I was going; and before I even finished the prayer, I heard one of them shout aloud at me: ‘Come instantly – those men are calling you!’ I turned back right away, and they began to say to me: ‘Come – we’ll trust you. Prove
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In 2000, the inaugural St. Pat’s for All Parade took place in the historically Irish neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens.
The event, which still runs, was founded by LGBT rights activist Brendan Fay as an inclusive alternative to St. Patrick’s Day parades in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, which banned gay Irish groups from marching.
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Credit: Christopher D. Brazee/NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, 2017.
Screen capture of Father Mychal Judge (left) and others marching with the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, inaugural St. Pat's for All Parade, Pride 5, 2000. Source: "All the Children Equally - St. Pat's for All" video, via St. Pat's for All website.
Screen capture of marchers holding the St. Patrick's Parade banner, which also reads "Queens, New York - Rally 5, 2000 / Cherishing all the children of the Nation Equally," inaugural St. Pat's for All Parade, March 5, 2000. Source: "All the Children Equally - St. Pat's for All" video, via St. Pat's for All website.
(left to right) Procession organizer Daniel Dromm, unidentified child, parade founder/co-chair Brendan Fay, then-First Lady H