LGBTQ Groups Welcomed To March In Staten Island’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade After Decades Of Being Banned

The New York Daily News reports:

One borough, one parade. After 60 years, one of Staten Island’s largest and most influential civic organizations is allowing gay and lesbian groups to march in the borough’s official St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

“The Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee wishes to announce that the Staten Island Pride Center has been invited to march, under their own banner, in the 2025 St. Patrick’s Day Parade,” the committee said in a statement.

“This invitation has been extended by new leadership of the parade committee, installed on Oct. 30, 2024,”

CBS News reports:

The larger Manhattan Saint Patrick’s Day Parade lifted its ban on LGBTQ+ groups back in 2014, but the Staten Island event was one of the last to continue to exclude LGBTQ+ groups from marching under their own banners.

The Pride Center of Staten Island says it is honored to finally be able to march alongside their community.

“Through open dialogue … it’s a different era now, and we’re super excited to be able to march in that parade with our banner, just like anyone else,” Pride Center Executive Director Carol Bullock said.

Stand by for howling by the Catholic League.