New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended his two-year boycott of the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Thursday, joining in the world’s largest celebration of Irish heritage after organizers opened the event up to all openly LGTB marchers.
De Blasio took part in the parade up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue for the first time since his election after organizers agreed to allow a second lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group to march under its own banner. Continue reading “Gay rights issue resolved, New York mayor joins in St. Patrick’s parade”



