Staten Island's Saint Patrick's Day Parade will allow LGBTQ+ groups for the first time in 2025

LGBTQ groups finally invited to march in Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade — ending NYC event’s decades-long anti-gay ban

LGBTQ groups will be allowed to march in Staten Island's St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time ever this year, organizers announced Tuesday -- ending a long-running controversy over the annual event's anti-gay stance.

Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Ends 60-Year Ban on Gay Groups

The original St. Patrick’s Day parade on Staten Island will welcome L.G.B.T.Q. groups for the first time in its 60-year history, ending a standoff between the borough’s gay community and the committee that organizes the parade. Organizers invited the Pride Center of Staten Island, a nonprofit community group, to march in the celebration on March 2, 2025. The invitation followed a change in leadership within the committee that runs the parade, ac…

Staten Island's Saint Patrick's Day Parade will allow LGBTQ+ groups for the first time in 2025

LGBTQ+ groups will be allowed to march in Staten Island's Saint Patrick's Day Parade for the first time in 2025.

Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade lifts ban on LGBTQ groups

LGBTQ groups will be allowed to participate in the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time in 2025 after new leadership replaced the longtime organizer who was known for upholding the ban, according to the Staten Island Advance. The policy change follows years of frustration among community members and LGBTQ groups such as the Pride Center of Staten Island, which routinely showed up every year to register for the annual parade …

LGBTQ+ groups invited to march in Staten Island's St. Patrick's Day Parade for 1st time in 60 years

The parade committee, for the first time in 60 years, announced Tuesday it will allow LGBTQ+ groups to march in Staten Island's St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee lifts ban on LGBTQ marchers - New York Times Post

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 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade,” the committee in a written statement.…