UPDATE: OUTVETS Denied Entry in Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade at First, Now Allowed to March
Update: Upon a second vote by the Allied War Veteran’s Council, AWVC, for inclusion of OUTVETS in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade on…
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North Shore Pride Invites the Community to Join in Standing Proud Together
Full Week of Educational, Cultural and Community Events Mark Fourth Annual LGBT and Allied Pride Celebration this June The fourth annual North Shore Pride Parade and…
Op-Ed: Boston Pride’s Decision to March in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade is an Abandonment of Solidarity
By: Keegan O’Brien and Ann Coleman*— This St. Patrick’s Day made history in Boston, Mass. as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer organizations were finally…
St. Patrick’s Parade: Paying Homage to VFP, Gay Inclusion
By: Christine Nicco*/TRT Reporter— OUTVETS and Boston Pride’s participation in the less exclusive South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, organized by the Allied War Veterans…
Boston Pride will March in South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade
BOSTON, Mass.—Boston Pride, which will commemorate its 45th anniversary as an organization celebrating the LGBT community in June, has been accepted by the South Boston Allied…
Southie’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Inclusion or Aversion?
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— For the first time in the history of South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, its organizers, the Allied War Veterans Council (AWVC),…
Veterans for Peace Sue City of Boston Over St. Patrick’s Peace Parade Permit
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Last month, the local Veterans for Peace Chapter 9, Smedley D. Butler Brigade (VFP) filed a First Amendment lawsuit…
VFP Sues City of Boston for St. Patrick’s Peace Parade Permit
Suit challenges City’s eleven month delay in acting on permit application and charges favoritism for South Boston parade organizers who continue to exclude most LGBT…
OUTVETS to Make History Marching in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Last month, The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council (AWVC) voted 5-4 in favor of allowing an LGBT veterans…
Veterans For Peace applauds OUTVETS entry into Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
BOSTON, Mass.—Veterans For Peace applauds the decision by the Allied War Veterans Council to allow OUTVETS, a fledging new LGBT veterans group, to walk in…