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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Did Hollywood Sabotage My Marriage?

For one writer, watching When We Rise drove home the fact that in her formative years, film and television never represented the possibility of lifelong love between women. 

Balance of justice

Cultural advances, openly gay clerks, and speculation about the sexual orientation of one of their own have substantially changed the way the Supreme Court justices weigh civil rights

Jitterbug!

Turns out that "vocal perfection" is not what text message voters are interested in on this week's American Idol.

Person of the Year: The Finalists

The Advocate's Person of the Year was revealed Thursday on MSNBC's The Last Word, and the other nine finalists are presented here in no specific order.

Storming the Stage: A History of Disruptions to Advance Our Rights

The protester who interrupted President Obama in June was part of a long history of direct action in the LGBT movement.

Year in Review: 2014

This year, the Boy Scouts admitted gay youths, Michael Sam was drafted, Sochi became an international rallying cry, we won a bunch of marriage victories (and Eurovision!), and our rights in Russia, Uganda, and Arizona hung precariously in the balance.

Results: 30 LGBT Races to Watch

Read up on the queer candidates who ran for their political lives.

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2016: The Year in Review

Everything that mattered, from odious Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, to queers marching in New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade, to the end of the ban on trans military service, to the massacre in Orlando -- and much more.

Reasons For Pride 2013

Read why Edie Windsor, Wanda Sykes, Magic Johnson, Calpernia Addams, and a host of other folks are making us feel good this summer.