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After years of exclusion, Staten Island will host LGBTQ-friendly St. Patrick's Day parade

The New York City government is responding to years of LGBTQ+ exclusion by hosting a new, second parade, which will welcome queer groups in Staten Island for the first time.

LGBTQ+ Groups Denied Spot in Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade

A journalist was reportedly shoved by parade organizers in a tense scene.

Without LGBT Contingents, NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade Marches On

Gay and lesbian protesters held up signs along the parade route, angered by the parade committee's continued refusal to allow gay and lesbian groups to march under their own banners.

The best of 2024 LGBTQ+ news and events in images

An overview of the news, parties, and events, The Advocate and its sibling publications covered this year. Check them out!

St. Patrick's Day Parade Ends Ban of LGBT Marchers

It's a 'beautiful day,' declared Mayor Bill de Blasio at New York's Irish consulate.

Op-ed: In Boston, an Ugly St. Patrick's Day Tradition Continues

Irish Catholics in Boston, forgetting their history, play the bigot this St. Patrick's Day.

Op-Ed: Gay and Faithful Aren't Mutually Exclusive

The Catholic League's Bill Donohue hasn't grasped that there are openly LGBT people of faith.

Boston Mayor Snubs Homophobic St. Patrick's Day Parade

Boston's Irish-American mayor refused to participate in the event, which excluded LGBT soldiers.

MassEquality Negotiates Over St. Pat's Parade

Boston's venerable St. Patrick's Day Parade is only two weeks away, but it's not yet clear whether Massachusetts's most prominent LGBT group will be marching.

A pious church and Cardinal Dolan trash a dead trans woman who, like Jesus, helped the marginalized

Cecilia Gentili helped trans people, sex workers, and people with HIV, while a certain Catholic cardinal lives extravagantly

Stefon Returns to Saturday Night Live

Where should you have gone for St. Patrick's Day? Stefon has recommendations.

Gay Teacher Marries, Fired From Catholic School

Ken Bencomo was fired by St. Lucy's Priory High School after marrying his partner of ten years in California.

PHOTOS: Marry Me in St. Louis

Marriage equality came to the Show-Me State Wednesday by way of a court ruling in St. Louis, the only city where same-sex couples can currently receive marriage licenses in the state.

A Brief History of Gays And The St. Patrick's Day Parade

New York and Boston may not see eye-to-eye on everything, but the organizers of their traditional St. Patrick's Day Parades have a long history of excluding LGBT marchers.

Seat Filler July

The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene applauds off-Broadway tributes to Harvard's persecuted homosexuals, bisexual blues singer Bessie Smith, Greenwich Village's gay history, and Jodie Foster's lispy lesbian appeal.

Cirque du so gay

In Cirque du Soleil's erotic Las Vegas spectacle Zumanity, two outrageously beautiful men proclaim their real-life love for each other

Reading the Far Right: Fearing Violent Liberals, Defending Steve King

The unhinged segment of the right also claims LGBT protesters threatened violence against the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade.

Every Supreme Court decision that radically changed LGBTQ+ rights

The court’s LGBTQ+ decisions have given our community cause for celebration as well as cause for despair. Here’s a look back at these rulings.