Just a few pictures from yesterday...
Pete Hamill and Malachy McCourt having a chat & watching the Keltic Dreamers dance troupe...
Pete Hamill and Malachy McCourt having a chat & watching the Keltic Dreamers dance troupe...
The Keltic Dreamers dance troupe...
Parading along Skillman Ave...this is so much more festive than Manhattan, isn't it?
Wow, a banner about immigrant & workers rights...you won't see that in Manhattan.
Banners with Mother Jones and the Berrigan brothers...
Veterans for Peace
RHA
And of course, a *tiny* number of misguided nutcases with bad grammar that don't understand that lesbians and homosexuals are the same f&%king thing. Whatever.Speaking of homophobes, two of us Irish Queers had a funny experience while flyering folks along the parade route to come to our protest. Two women (which we assumed were sisters since the looked a lot alike) thought we were handing out anti-gay literature so they yelled "HATERS!" at us. I then explained that we were queer and they apologized. As strange as the situation was, I have to admit that I love the idea of parade-watching Irish Americans yelling at homophobes. If there are any other Irish Americans out there that have the guts to brazenly challenge bigots, you should come to our protest on March 17th. We'd love to have you join us!
More queer commentary on the parade can be found on Blabbeando.
1 comments:
I was unable to attend the parade but you will always have my support. As a transgender person, the inclusiveness of your parade makes me proud to be a New Yorker. I hope to attend the parade next year.
Genevieve
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