NY mayor to march in St. Pat's parade after gay ban dropped

Associated Press ^ | Mar. 2, 2016 5:42 PM EST | Jonathan Lemire

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Mayor Bill de Blasio is ending a two-year boycott of the nation's largest St. Patrick's Day parade now that it has fully dropped its longstanding ban on allowing gay and lesbian groups to march under their own banners.

De Blasio, a first-term Democrat, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that for the first time he will take part in the parade along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. He skipped the parade in 2014, when no gay groups were allowed to openly march, and he skipped again last year, when only one small lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group was permitted.

"The St. Patrick's Day Parade is a New York City tradition, but for years Irish LGBT New Yorkers could not show their pride," de Blasio told the AP a day ahead of a planned formal announcement. "Finally, they can celebrate their heritage by marching in a parade that now represents progress and equality." ...

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"After all, aren’t most New York Irish queerer than a three-dollar bill?" I didn't know that!

[Olog-hai]

I understood you perfectly. And I understand the sentiment.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

What’s at the end of the rainbow? It won’t be a pot of gold any more....it will be a barrel of pervs. :-(

[Bigg Red]

Ditto.