LGBTQ groups blocked from Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The parade organizers of the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade — scheduled for today March 6, 2022 — firmly maintained their ban on LGBTQ participants, according to a report in the New York Times.When executive director of the Staten Island Pride Center Carol Bullock attempted to hand in the center’s application during the parade’s registration, president of the parade committee Larry Cummings immediately threw her application in the “rejection pile,” seemingly without a second thought.This outright refusal to allow LGBTQ individuals or groups from marching in the parade has long been held by the Staten Island St.
Patrick Day’s Parade and used to be matched by similar bans from other parades in New York City.However, in 2014, the Manhattan St.
Patrick’s Day Parade, the largest one of its kind in the world, reversed its own nearly two-decade-long ban on LGBTQ participants.St.
Patrick’s Day Parades held in other parts of the city would follow Manhattan’s example, allowing LGTBQ people to march in their parades.
