Gay st patricks day
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In , the inaugural St. Pat’s for All Parade took place in the historically Irish neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens.
The event, which still runs, was founded by LGBT rights activist Brendan Fay as an inclusive alternative to St. Patrick’s Day parades in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, which banned gay Irish groups from marching.
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Credit: Christopher D. Brazee/NYC LGBT Historic Sites Proposal,
Screen capture of Father Mychal Judge (left) and others marching with the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, inaugural St. Pat's for All Parade, March 5, Source: "All the Children Equally - St. Pat's for All" video, via St. Pat's for All website.
Screen capture of marchers holding the St. Patrick's Parade banner, which also reads "Queens, Fresh York - March 5, / Cherishing all the children of the Nation Equally," inaugural St. Pat's for All Parade, Protest 5, Source: "All the Children Equally - St. Pat's for All" video, via St. Pat's for All website.
(left to right) Parade organizer Daniel Dromm,
Timeline of the NYC St. Patrick’s Morning Parade’s LGBT controversy
The New York Town St. Patrick’s Afternoon Parade, the oldest and the largest celebration of Irish heritage in the world, has also, over the last few decades, grow the most controversial.
Throughout the course of its more than year history, the parade has been no stranger to controversy. Previous points of tension included the selection of Noraid head Mike Flannery as Grand Marshal in , which led the Irish government to withdraw its help that year, and Dorothy Hayden Cudahy’s four-year campaign to become the parade’s first female grand marshal, which she finally did in
But the most enduring conflict has been between the parade’s organizing committee and members of New York City’s LGBT Irish group, who since contain sought to pride in the celebration under their have banner.
The furor came to a highlight last year when the newly-elected Mayor Bill de Blasio decided to boycott the parade – the first mayor to do so since David Dinkins – and Guinness, a main sponsor, withdrew its help once it was evident no compromise would
HOW GAYS CRASHED THE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Bill Donohue
As we approach the 10th anniversary of homosexuals marching under their own banner in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day March, it behooves us to understand how this happened.
To begin with, gays were never banned from marching. As I said on radio and TV in New York for two decades, no one ever asked anyone what they did in bed and with whom. Gays were banned from marching under their own banner, and that is because to do so would deflect from what the time is all about—honoring St. Patrick. For the alike reason, pro-life groups were banned from marching under their own banner.
The first gay group to pride was in Mayor David Dinkins entered into a discussion with the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), the parade organizers, and a compromise was reached: members of the Irish Gay and Lesbian Company (ILGO) could march with the mid-town chapter of the AOH, accompanied by the mayor.
When ILGO sought to march in the parade, they were barred. They were accused of “outrageous behavior” when they marched in , making obsc
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There is no evidence to support a gay St. Patrick. If anything, history (as we explored in an earlier post) points to Patrick being an unabashed fan of women. However, there is one incident, which Patrick recorded himself in his Confession, that may have given rise to such a rumor.
After escaping slavery and trekking an estimated two hundred miles to the coast to catch his ship (the one God had told him about in a dream), the crew of said ship didn&#;t simply let him aboard. To quote Patrick:
&#;The day I arrived, the ship was about to leave the place. I said I needed to set sail with them, but the captain was not at all pleased. He replied unpleasantly and angrily: &#;Don’t you dare try to come with us.&#; When I heard that, I left them and went back to the hut where I had lodgings. I began to pray while I was going; and before I even finished the prayer, I heard one of them shout aloud at me: &#;Come quickly – those men are calling you!&#; I turned back ri