Tag: St Patricks day
Christine C. Quinn Statement on LGBT Inclusive 2016 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
“Throughout my childhood, attending the St. Patrick’s Day Parade had been a staple for me and my family,” said Christine C. Quinn, CEO of Win, formerly Women in Need, and the first openly gay City Council Speaker.
An Irish LGBT Group Will March In The St. Patrick’s Day Parade In New York
The Lavender & Green Alliance will become the first identifiably Irish LGBT group to ever march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City on March 17, 2016.
Even with shift, NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade draws gay protests
Gay rights activists and elected officials said on Tuesday they would continue to protest New York City’s main St. Patrick’s Day parade even as organizers prepared to let a gay group carry a banner this year for the first time in the parade’s history.
Irish Gay Rights Activists Protest First LGBT Group in St. Patrick’s Day Parade
A month after organizers of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade made the historic announcement that it would let an LGBT group march openly, activists are ramping up demands that the organization withdraw from the event because, they claim, the procession still excludes Irish gays.
Rupert Murdoch Urges Boycott Of Guinness For Its Pro-Equality Stance
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch charged that gay groups had “bullied” Guinness into pulling out of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, calling for a boycott of the Irish brewer.
Heineken, Sam Adams, Guinness Withdraw St. Patrick’s Day Parade Support
Following the decision of New York City and Boston parade organizers to continually prohibit sexuality-related signage.