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Organizers for the celebration have invited The Pride Center of Staten Island, which was repeatedly and directly banned from participating, to march in the 2025 celebration under their own banner.
A journalist was reportedly shoved by parade organizers in a tense scene.
The New York City government is responding to years of LGBTQ+ exclusion by hosting a new, second parade, which will welcome queer groups in Staten Island for the first time.
Numerous politicians have already declined to participate in the upcoming event.
In addition to the bisexual beauty queen, two high school marching bands wearing rainbow stickers were also blocked from participating.
Several of them came on today's date, June 26.
The annual celebration of Irish heritage in the NYC borough will reportedly not allow LGBT organizations to participate.
