(Unless you work for NBC) Protest the NYC St. Patrick's Day parade 2015.

Like (almost) everyone, we hoped that 2015 would see the end of the ban on Irish LGBT groups marching in the NYC St. Patrick's Day parade. Tragically, the religious-right leopards have not changed their homophobic spots. Under pressure to lift the ban, they've admitted OUT@NBC, a gay employee and marketing group of their sponsor, to march. Irish queer contingents -- who would show that Irish LGBT people are actually part of the community -- are still...

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What IrishCentral says, and what it means.

Photo: Niall O'Dowd's Facebook page, where he declareshimself an "expert in all things Irish and Irish American." We've often thought of starting a section on this blog called "Why does the Irish Voice/IrishCentral  hate us now?" The publisher Niall O'Dowd, and his wife/columnist Debbie McGoldrick, have devoted a LOT of effort to dumping on us. Especially when we're winning a little on the parade issue, they inevitably print a story that...

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March 3 - Colm Tóibín, Sarah Schulman, Charles Rice-Gonzalez for Irish Queers!

We are bursting with the announcement of our upcoming reading and fundraiser-ette! And grateful for some public, celebratory Irish and queer space; there's not much of it. Colm Tóibín, Sarah Schulman, and Charles Rice-Gonzalez will read from their work. (Yes, we are star-studded, thank you for noticing!) We may also have a special musical guest... stay tuned for that announcement! It all happens on March 3, 6:30pm at The Parlour on W....

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Irish & LGBTQ groups, elected officials renew boycott of 2015 parade (Press release)

Photo: @IvanPer4 (Ivan Pereira, AM-NY) PRESS RELEASE – For immediate release Date: Feb. 17, 2015 Contact:  Emmaia Gelman, 917-517-3627, irishqueers@gmail.com BOYCOTT OF NYC ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE CONTINUES IN 2015 Irish and LGBTQ groups and elected officials reject parade’s discrimination; secret deal with OUT@NBC leaves in place the long-standing ban on Irish LGBTQ groups. New York – Irish and LGBTQ community groups and elected officials...

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