The Richmond County St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee wishes to announce that the Staten Island Pride Center has been invited to march, under their own banner, in the 2025 Saint Patrick's Day Parade ... This invitation has been extended by new leadership of the parade committee, installed on Oct. 30, 2024.
The parade committee is entrusted with ensuring the focus of the parade remains upon Saint Patrick, the history, traditions, culture and faith of the Irish people. In this endeavor, the leadership of The Pride Center has assured the parade committee that they are ready to provide support to the parade in fulfilling this obligation.
The Staten Island St. Patrick's Day parade was the only parade to forbid LGBTQ+ groups from participating. The New York City St. Patrick's Day parade in Manhattan ended its two-decade ban on LGBTQ+ groups in 2014, and for the first time in 2022, the Bronx's St. Patrick's Day parade allowed an LGBTQ+ group to march openly.
The decision to exclude LGBTQ+ groups from Staten Island's parade for so long fell largely on just one person, former main organizer Larry Cummings, who was recently replaced.
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