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, according to SILive.com, which first reported the change.
At a news conference on Tuesday, the group’s new leader, Edward Patterson, said mounting pressure to make the parade more inclusive had persuaded the group to change its policy. “Quite simply, it’s just time,” Mr.