The history and (gay) disputes of the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

March 17, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, LIFESTYLES Comments Off on The history and (gay) disputes of the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
NYPD on motorcycles escort about 1,000 members of the Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization, barred from marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade, in their own mini-march up Fifth Avenue in 1992. (Image: Peter Morgan / ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Each year, thousands of people take to the streets of New York City in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, in a parade as historic and celebratory as it is controversial…